Back in October of last year a friend of Cheryl’s called and wanted to sell me his tractor. He has some health problems for the past 7 years and things continue to get worse for him.
He bought this tractor new and told me it was a 1950-8N Ford. I really did not need the tractor, as it is a bit small for our farm. It had not been cranked in 7 years however he told me he had the plugs hand tight and several times a year he would put Marvel Mystery Oil in the cylinders and turn the engine over by jumping the starter.
I went to look at the tractor and was not really impress as it looked like it had been painted with a brush and EVERYTHING had been painted over. No parts were removed and original paint color was not used. I looked at the hour meter and it read 720 hours. I asked him when he replaced the proof meter as this tractor is about 63 years only and 720 hours is nothing. He told me that was the original hours. He lives in a housing development had about 2 acres. He has a disk and a scrap blade. He told me he only disked his small garden each year and scraped his driveway a couple of times a year.
I can tell you as I have disassembled this tractor I do in fact believe this is the correct hours. All seals and fittings I have replaced have been the originals and every part of the tractor including the steering is rock tight.
Long story short I bought the tractor, as he seemed bent on me having it. He said I was the only person he knew that had a farm and would take care of it.
Armed with a new 6-volt battery, points, plugs, condenser and a can for fresh gas I went over to get the tractor. It took about an hour to tune it up and drain out the old soup that use to be gas and clean out the Carb. But it fired right up and I loaded everything and headed home.
When I got home I pressure washed it and took a picture. It ran so well and had such low hours on the proof meter I decided I would restore it….
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Originally Posted by Bwana
