Great video! You explain things really well and good camera work! I switched my front mount 8N to electronic ignition years ago. However, it stopped running a week ago and no spark. I will test the coil today. My question is how often does the ignitor go bad? Being a front mount it is a pain to remove. I hope it is the coil! Thanks!

I was not aware of the ARK loader. Looks like it works well. The one I was aware of for the 1250 and similar size Bolens was made by Johnson. There are a few still out there, but be prepared to do a major refurb if you want to put one to use.

Curious for the chain that you pull with your hands, how long is it now and about how long of a section did you cut out?

Awesome video series! Did you ever find any information about the Howard Planetary gear set that replaced the gear set you installed? Limited information on one of the forum's shows that it was a pretty nice upgrade for the N's and NAA'a. Thanks.

I like your modified Bolens! Makes me want to find one for cheap and put one of my big Wisconsin singles on it. The tool bar setup is very neat.

I have two 1951 8N's and I installed a water temperature gauge in both because I was concerned about overheating - ( your video was helpful ) bot were running at 160 and after using brushhog did not get above 190 - reassuring info to me. Thank You ! I Probably wont do 180 deg thermostat unless a problem with system.

Great video, thanks

This is exactly what I need to see. Thank you

I had my 1951 Ford 8N tractor converted to 12 volts back in the early 90's. The coil does not have internal resistor because it connects to an external resister called the ballast (white ceramic piece screws ro the firewall) that wires connect to from the coil. How do you test resistance to see if the coil is good or bad in my case? Im sure a lot of guys have external resistance coils still on their tractors that may have issues. Thanks for responding back. THUMBS UP!!!

Next week! my truck is being re-geared and an EATON Detroit Truetrac installed. I have been waiting for EATON to release the application for my 2016 F150's 8.8 Super 34-spline rear axle for two years. Thought I was going to have to swap the entire rear axle assembly for a 9.75... just to have a great differential. Like you, I know my 4 X 2 truck's limitations, but even with the open diff it has now I can get to the places in the high desert I like to get to. And out of. The Truetrac will be a boon! to my travels. I cannot tell you how many 4WD folks have told me, "All you need in that truck is a good diff and you'll be going places that a 4 X 4 w/ open diffs won't. You have the tires, you have the ground clearance. You just need better traction on your drive axle." Again - KNOW YOUR VEHICLE'S LIMITATIONS. Do the best you can within those parameters. Carry recovery equipment so you may get unstuck yourself. Carry extra fuel, extra water, food, warm clothing along with tools and perhaps a weapon if that's your thing. Cheers! Thanks for this video, 10 years on! and here's wishing everyone safe travels.

Kilt? I thought was a skirt

Wow, great video! I am having an issue with my car. It misfires when it’s gets warm and looses all power. Narrowed the problem down to ignition. I will test the coil as you described. Thank you!

helpful thank you never sure which end is up for this old 8N!

Great info; going to test the spare coil I have for my 1931 Ford Model A.

You didn’t lift anything

Does the lack of a live or independent PTO on the 8Nmake drilling post holes less safe or more difficult?

Those damn gnomes created infinite Ohms.

Hey @TheKiltedHomesteader , I know it's been a couple years since you did this video, but I do have a question for ya. I saw the other video (by MJM’s Workshop), and it's obvious his temp sending unit is different from the Steiner's kit. He only needed the 1/2" hole, and Steiner's has to have the 3/4" It's always worried me with the larger hole cause it really *really* comes close to the edges of the boss, and I'm afraid that the heat and temp changes could cause the head to crack right around there. So, after two years, have you noticed any issues since installing your temp gauge? Has it held out pretty well?

Thank you for the great video.

Well done, a great video showing how to test a coil. A simple explanation that even I could understand. Thank you.

Absolutely worthless video. Doesn't provide any value.

I have a question and have been looking all over for info on 8n ptos and if any were manufactured with live ptos or if a conversion to a live pto would be possible and how difficult it would be. I have an 8n and my brush hog gets stuck in the weeds and the wheels have to spin with the pto so this would be very helpful.

What is up with the smoke?

Thanks, just needed to check on that groove in the inner socket. Was thinking it was for holding grease but thought maybe it was just a funny wear pattern. Since yours has it too, I'm going to figure it's fine, just for holding grease.

You never demonstrated the hoist and moving the hoist as trolly

Great barn! How high are those center poles? They look like maybe 20 footers? 4 feet in the ground and 16 ft out?

so it's in really good condition

my Granddad has a 1949 8n that has been with him sence the was 12 and he's 84 !

it evens out the block temperatures thermal expansion when you run a thermostat. no thermostat you have cooler areas and hot areas. run your thermostat.

on top of the plant and under the ground, haven o idea what you are saying.

Wonder who that kid is(possibly me)

That’s awesome!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Very cool!

That guy was just walking in the shallow water. Now I understand why this Red Tailed Hawk catches fish, which rarely ever happens except at this river. The fish have nowhere to escape. The hawk knows where they are because they'll always be seen at any distance. To be able to throw any food to a hawk and expect it to grab it is more than just impressive!

Wait what 😂

Yeah right

Coolest video of the day!👌

That was freaken legendary

That’s awesome ❤

Beautiful day in nature

I bet he was fixing to take that out of your hand

Terrible camera angles. How cares about the front. We want to see the business end. Fail

Excellent video. I've run these for 55 years and I learned something from you today. If I may say one thing, buying 50/50 antifreeze is probably the biggest waste of money that you could do. Here in canada, it's the same price as concentrate. So I guess what I'm saying is you're paying just as much for half as much:-)

Nice tips

Just bought a Ferguson 35 1962 and can’t wait to do this. After watching you do it… I feel like somebody needs a mic drop. That’s how it’s done boys and girls. Any of the old Bush hogs work better than others or anything that’s still alive today from the 70s and 80s is probably pretty damn good? Need to go out and buy one and not sure what direction to take.

I drilled and tapped my fill plug and added a zerk fitting, then used a air powered aro grease pump and pressure filled the steering box steering box in my '77 Ford 1600 that was leaking out of the shaft seal because the bushing was worn from carrying heavy loads with my loader and trying to steer with mystic g6 industrial waterproof grease that is so slick it's beyond slick, to the point it came out of the top of the steering shaft under the steering wheel, now id say that's pretty full! It's still a little hard to steer but always has been and takes a lot of force and about all you got when you have 1000lbs or more on the loader. But it doesn't leak and id say that packed full it's probably not shoving anything off. And it has a consistency of just a hare more thickness of the corn head and super super tacky. Made for excavators and heavy equipment joints to keep out moisture and stay connected to joints. It's synthetic, and a bit expensive, a 5 gallon bucket for my aro pump was $280 but it will last and I have a lot of equipment.

Should have named the video the impotent nome!😂

KAL BO OOO,---SUPUTTT,!!!!

If you email them ahead they can send it to you in bare metal (unpowdercoated) and you can give it the patina to match your preference.

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