After finding sediment in the bowl I removed the fuel tank,
sloshed and dumped the fuel, and made a fresh start. I cleaned the sediment bowl and screen. This seemed to help, but I still had problems
with it stopping without warning. I then
found a piece of metal moving around in the bottom of the tank. This may have been shutting off the fuel
flow. I also had a mechanic clean and
adjust the carburetor. It has not
stopped again since, but if the fuel is left on after engine shut down the carb
will overfill and run on the ground so I shut the fuel off whenever the tractor
is not in use.
I want to use it for snow removal during winter so I found
an old used loader and bought it for $200.
Not knowing what I was doing, after I got it home I found there is no
hydraulic pump or control, and it is expensive to buy them new. I am watching Craigslist for sued parts, but
no luck so far.
Next I located an old Dearborn snow plow about 150 miles
from here that I could buy for $300. I
decided this was probably cheaper than repairing the old loader. My problem here was that it costs a lot to
have something as heavy as that trucked 150 miles. I had to sort of give up on that at least
temporarily.
Since then I located an old snow plow about 40 miles from
here that had been removed from another 8N so it should go on mine and
work. I bought that for $200, as well as
a set of tire chains for the 8N for another $75. Paying $30 to have this trucked to my
dooryard seemed a bargain. I now have a
heavy duty blade, an underslung framework, and a hand lever assembly to raise and
lower the blade. I don’t like the hand
lever part so am thinking of converting it to either an electric winch, or a
cable back to the three-point-arms and use them for lifting.
More as it develops.
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