[AT] tranny fluids

[Mike Sloane]

Ken is right, but he is wrong. :-) Yes, the Ford N was built in 
Michigan, but even as tough as the folks in Michigan are, they don't 
plow their fields in the winter. And that is what the Ford N tractor was 
sold for, not mowing grass, not pulling the grandkids in a wagon, not 
running a post hole auger, and not even scraping manure. The whole point 
of the Ferguson system was to provide a superior plowing tractor, and 
without the Ferguson three point hitch system, the Ford would have been 
just another little tractor among many others that were stronger and 
better.

But even when you use your N in the colder days, it only takes a few 
minutes of running the transmission in neutral to make the fluid warm 
enough to do some work. My 2N came with a front mounted snow blade and 
hydraulic lift cylinder connected up to a port in the bottom of the 
hydraulics. The PO said that he had used the tractor for many years to 
clear snow from his 200' driveway and never had a problem (and when I 
opened it up, the fluid in the system looked like it was original).

Mike

Ken Knierim wrote:
> Not to split hairs here, but wasn't the N series designed and built in
> Michigan? If they're specifiying a 90 wt mineral oil, one might jump
> to the conclusion that it might work in their back yard... maybe not
> all winter if you get a cold snap, but not a lot of folks are
> generally plowing with an N-series when it's -20 or more.
> My experience with a 9N in -20 and colder has been that yeah, they
> need to warm up a bit before they work right (but then, so did I). We
> used the Ford oil (came in a blue and white 5 gallon can) that was
> recommended at the time and it worked.  (circa 1980, eastern Montana).
> 
> Now that I have an 8N in AZ, I can tell when it gets hot because the
> lift won't pick up the mower on the back very well (revving the engine
> helps). There's been some good information here about what I need to
> do to fix it when/if I ever get it apart. My question is: how hard
> will it be to get the pump out and rebuild it? And is there anything
> that can be done to stop the oil from leaking onto the brakes? Every
> N-series I've been on had little or no brakes.
> 
> thanks
> 
> Ken in AZ
> 

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