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Ford 8N Tractor Questions & Answers
Tractor wont start. with starting fluid sprayed
The last resort is:
Take the carburetor off and take it to a shop and have it "soaked" overnight in a "soak tank", blown out with compressed air, and reassembled with a new overhaul kit.
You did all the right things, but the tiny drilled holes & passageways can clog with gummy deposits and prevent fuel flow.
God bless your efforts.
My ford 8n was running
these are gravity fed there is a chance something is pugging the outlet hole I would disconnect the fuel line and see if you have flow if not take the cap off and use air to blow back up into the tank to free up flow again
I have an older ford
Try removing the gas cap and see if it still stalls after 10 minutes. If it doesn't then the vent hole in the gas cap is clogged up.
Why does control lever to lift plows do nothing?
Hi Carl:
We had one of these when I was a kid.
The control lever connects to a mechanism located inside the casting under the seat. On ours, a piece had broken and needed to be brazed, then re-installed.
There are a lot of old tractor clubs with lots of folks who are willing to help with a project.
I'd recommend that you try to find the nearest one to you and see if you can enlist a new friend.
Cheers.
I HAVE AN ENGINE THAT HAS FRESH FUEL AND TURNS OVER BUT WILL NOT START
Check these: Make sure fuel is flowing out the hose connected to, at the carburetor. Take a spark plug lose, reconnect it to the spark wire. Lay it on the motor and crank the motor. Is it showing a spark spark spark pattern? Is clean fuel in the carb bowl? Deeper checks would be a carburetor clean - where air is blown thru all jets - showing fuel will flow in them to the motor. Take a product like Mega Power and pour some in the oil and in the air intake to help produce a piston seal and suction - which they lose over time, to draw in fuel properly. Hope this helps.
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When I push and hold the start button the tractor starts and stays running, if I release the start button it shuts off, if I remove the wire to the solenoid relay it stays running
It sounds like a "Load Resistor" problem, not sure if you have this type of starting system. The load resistor is in the wiring that goes to your coil after the engine has started. It is bypassed when starting to offset the loss of voltage when the starter is engaged and turning over the engine, then after the engine has started the "Load Resistor" is again in series with the points dropping the voltage slightly and providing longer point life. If this resistor burns out then you would be able to start the tractor but as soon as you released the starter foot switch the points/distributor would no longer have voltage. The Load Resistor is a large gray, brown or white colored rectangle ( 3" long and about 1/2wide aprx.) mounted on the back side of your dash panel....
Does the pto have anything to do with the lift on a tractor?
Sometime around 1950 Ford tractors started using "live PTO". Prior to that the power lift for equipment required that the PTO be on and running (turned on by a lever on left side of chassis below the driver's seat). So 'yes' the older tractors (many in use today) require the PTO to be running in order for the lift arms to lift equipment. I find this very annoying when trying to run a mower, especially when the hydraulics don't hold very well.
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