New project Ford 2N
Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2023 8:06 pm
Somewhere along the way I’ve realized projects seem to have away of finding me. Here’s the latest example.
This is what I believe to be a 1947 2N
The PO said it has been sitting in that spot for around 5 years and it wouldn’t run right when parked. He didn’t have time for it anymore and wanted it gone.
Naturally I couldn’t help myself and brought it home Saturday morning! Looking it over it really seems complete. I had to find out about that extra lever on the side. thats a Sherman hi-low transmission! I was very excited to see if I could get it to pop off so I dragged it into the shop and took the hood off. Checking thing over the first thing I saw was I had no spark. Further investigation lead me to a bad wire and the gasket between the coil and distributor had gotten folded over and was preventing spark. Easy fix. I put my thumb over the spark plug hole and crank the engine over. It has good compression!
I went ahead and pulled the carburetor off and went through it. it has some cobwebs in it from sitting but all in all looked good. I reassembled everything and fill the bowl with gas and it started right up!
But no oil pressure! I shut it down quickly and talked to a friend of mine who is a Ford tractor guy. With his instructions I was able to prime the oil pump. Success! I had thought this would be a nice project to work on, I had no idea it would take off so easily. I’ve been driving it around all day and it seems to work fine I guess the next step will be to put a load on it and see how it does!
Sat in a field for 5 years and only took an afternoon in the shop and it back in running condition.
Knock on wood that it’s good to go!
This is my first Ford tractor and I have to say so far I like it!
This is what I believe to be a 1947 2N
The PO said it has been sitting in that spot for around 5 years and it wouldn’t run right when parked. He didn’t have time for it anymore and wanted it gone.
Naturally I couldn’t help myself and brought it home Saturday morning! Looking it over it really seems complete. I had to find out about that extra lever on the side. thats a Sherman hi-low transmission! I was very excited to see if I could get it to pop off so I dragged it into the shop and took the hood off. Checking thing over the first thing I saw was I had no spark. Further investigation lead me to a bad wire and the gasket between the coil and distributor had gotten folded over and was preventing spark. Easy fix. I put my thumb over the spark plug hole and crank the engine over. It has good compression!
I went ahead and pulled the carburetor off and went through it. it has some cobwebs in it from sitting but all in all looked good. I reassembled everything and fill the bowl with gas and it started right up!
But no oil pressure! I shut it down quickly and talked to a friend of mine who is a Ford tractor guy. With his instructions I was able to prime the oil pump. Success! I had thought this would be a nice project to work on, I had no idea it would take off so easily. I’ve been driving it around all day and it seems to work fine I guess the next step will be to put a load on it and see how it does!
Sat in a field for 5 years and only took an afternoon in the shop and it back in running condition.
Knock on wood that it’s good to go!
This is my first Ford tractor and I have to say so far I like it!