aczlan
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V8 swap it? IIRC this guy's kit bolts up to a 302:
If not, here is a tractor and loader for $550: Ford 8n Tractor - farm & garden - by owner - sale - craigslist
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If not, here is a tractor and loader for $550: Ford 8n Tractor - farm & garden - by owner - sale - craigslist
Aaron Z
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My uncle has one with a 390 in it and what look like monster truck tires on the backV8 swap it? IIRC this guy's kit bolts up to a 302:
If not, here is a tractor and loader for $550: Ford 8n Tractor - farm & garden - by owner - sale - craigslist
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Most of them were converted with an old ford v8 flat head.
I would love to do that but the last time I checked they were out of business. That was during Covid. I even tried to find an NOS kit but couldn’t find anything other than complete tractors. I have 5.0’s a plenty.V8 swap it? IIRC this guy's kit bolts up to a 302:
If not, here is a tractor and loader for $550: Ford 8n Tractor - farm & garden - by owner - sale - craigslist
Aaron Z
I have a flathead but it would need rebuilt. My goal is to drop in a runner without breaking $1000 bucks
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That’s because it was a kit offered by Funk in the 40’s and 50’s.
You can read about it here:
8N Funk Conversions - Ford Fordson Collectors Association
By: John Smith of Old Ford Tractors
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Gbkeith
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Fuck yes. Get that.
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Rebuilt my grandfathers 8/9n hybrid and gave it to my god-kid. Been in the family for 50+ years.
Had another 8n for a while but sold for profit. Just didn’t get used here.
Best bet is to find another parts tractor…. Most of the stuff for these is pretty darned cheap on the intertoobs.
Had another 8n for a while but sold for profit. Just didn’t get used here.
Best bet is to find another parts tractor…. Most of the stuff for these is pretty darned cheap on the intertoobs.
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I keep meaning to do that for my mini loader.
I'll use some 1/2" square bar at tight intervals so I don't fuck up asphalt too much. Put a little V in it so it digs when I spin them in the snow.
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Flathead shit can be had cheap these days because of demographics. I bet you could lowball someone into selling you a core and then lowball other people into pistons/rods, etc.
Give it the dingleball and all new consumable parts and you should have something running under a grand.
I'm a grand into that Mercruiser but that's because I went full retard on the top end. Could've had a 460 head with stamped rockers and stock everything for a hundred bucks.
When I was 8 my Grandpa had me help him restore his old 9N. I’m sure I was more in the way than help but I was there for the whole thing. Disassembly, engine overhaul, reseal the rear end and 3 point pivots, paint, put it all back together with new tires on it. Then I used it a lot as I grew up. I think he thought I wanted to relive that with my 8N that I got for $200 bucks. It didn’t run but had new tires on it so I thought I could get it running as is.
The next thing I new it was separated in two and the engine was sitting down at my brothers shop completely disassembled. Pretty well pissed me off so I never made any decisions. Brother got evicted from his shop and my basket case got disappeared.
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Engine Conversions - Red Rock Manufacturing
Adapter Frame for a Ford V8 Flathead N-Series Ford Tractor The adapter frame is a welded structure. It includes the adapter plates that go between the engine and the transmission, the side rails, the front engine mount, and the front plate for mounting the front axle. This makes the tractor...
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I don’t want to mess with a flat head. I want this. Dude says he got an entire kit to put a 5.0 in it from Awesome Henry. I cannot get ahold of anyone at any phone number or email from AH
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1952 Ford 8N 302 v8 conversion
OK, all you purists can shake your fingers at me. I have wrecked a perfectly good Ford 8n to make it into a Hot Rod Tractor Name - Frank-N-Ford. OK, this has been my side project for a while now. In memory of my father Frank and his faithful old 1949 Ford 8N tractor. Goal is to have it...
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That would be coolI don’t want to mess with a flat head. I want this. Dude says he got an entire kit to put a 5.0 in it from Awesome Henry. I cannot get ahold of anyone at any phone number or email from AH
1952 Ford 8N 302 v8 conversion
OK, all you purists can shake your fingers at me. I have wrecked a perfectly good Ford 8n to make it into a Hot Rod Tractor Name - Frank-N-Ford. OK, this has been my side project for a while now. In memory of my father Frank and his faithful old 1949 Ford 8N tractor. Goal is to have it...
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Well I bought it. Wouldn’t start and water was pouring out of the water pump when I filled the radiator. Guessing it over heated at some point. Gave $1k for it. Not sure I want to rebuild it or just make a bit of money and move it down the road
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Every time I see one of these I think it needs to become a forklift.
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Well, it did finally start. Milkshaked the oil real quick. Ran enough to confirm the rest of it works though
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aczlan
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Xfaxman on TBN has the Toro version that he put a loader onto:
FEL, TORO Groundsmaster Put Together
Got a request from MBTRAC to do a build thread on what is pictured in my Avatar. So here it is. Started with this 1990 TORO Groundsmaster Traction Unit. It didn't have the rotary deck on it. Notice the seat is offset to the left, the decks are offset to the right to mow around trees like a zero...
tractorbynet.com
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This is my personal thread now
It’s got a shit load of water in the oil now after running for a couple min. Seems more than would pass with a bad head gasket in that amount of time
Is there anyway the bad water pump can pass directly into the block? Something else to look for other than head gasket?
This is new to me(if that wasn’t obvious)
aczlan
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Not sure if you know, but you can get Kubota parts diagrams on the Messick's site, the F2000 diagram shows this: Kubota F2000 (FRONT MOUNT MOWER.) Parts Diagrams
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Tl/dr, does it work worth a shit?; seems like it’s begging for an accidental spinal injury by dumping a load on your head.Xfaxman on TBN has the Toro version that he put a loader onto:
FEL, TORO Groundsmaster Put Together
Got a request from MBTRAC to do a build thread on what is pictured in my Avatar. So here it is. Started with this 1990 TORO Groundsmaster Traction Unit. It didn't have the rotary deck on it. Notice the seat is offset to the left, the decks are offset to the right to mow around trees like a zero...
I have a Deere diesel powered front mower that’s been on jackstands for 4 yrs in the corner of my shop that needs a new owner, but if the market is soft, this might be an idea.
aczlan
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He likes it (has had it for over 10 years now as he started it after he built it and he started the thread in 2013), my concern would be that, getting crushed by a loader arm, or a hydraulic fluid bath from a burst hose.
The market has never been too solid for them IMO.
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Might be a gasket at the timing cover
I’m betting cracked block. Anything other than that would likely have just been fixed and it sold for more money.
It is.
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Yeah, cause that could never happen on an open station tractor or SSL. 🙄
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at least looks like its not going to scissor slice your arm off at the elbow
yeah I bought it for a song so I should be able to get out of it for what I've got into it.
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i dont think anything else has quite as close proximity to your face between the hydraulic line/fitting on the compression side of a loader cylinder.
but a bobcat aint too much better
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Front cover can leak into oil. Worth pulling and checking out. Right under/behind water pump is the passage. Cracked heads are common but won't milkshake but push coolant out.
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i dont think anything else has quite as close proximity to your face between the hydraulic line/fitting on the compression side of a loader cylinder.
but a bobcat aint too much better
SSL= skid steer loader = “Bobcat”
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i dont think anything else has quite as close proximity to your face between the hydraulic line/fitting on the compression side of a loader cylinder.
but a bobcat aint too much better
I’m quoting you this time to avoid downloading the picture.
The guy who built his own mounted the cylinders upside down. No idea why he did this, as he had to run a lot more hose, and deal with hose flex at the main pivot. If he had mounted them the other way (I’ll argue “correctly”) it would have been easier, and kept the pressure hoses to his sides. Jacketing the hoses in this application would be a good idea too.
On another note, appears he put the controls on the left side too, which would be very awkward for anyone who’s ever ran a commercial machine. Loader controls are always on the right hand side.
I used to think like that guy. “I’ll just build it” attitude/thinking. Then I got older. I don’t build as much stuff as I used to. Custom stuff, and things you can’t buy is about all I care to do anymore. He basically built a skid steer.