[Ford-ferguson] distributor

[russgman at aol.com]

Gear drive, I don't know that the 8N series used a chain.  
Russ
1959 Redbelly






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Gear or chain drive ?  
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Sounds to me the cam quit turning.  That could explain the lack of  
ompression of #1 and some compression on #2 and 4.
Tom
AA
On Aug 10, 2010, at 6:54 PM, russgman at aol.com wrote:
>
 Yes the distributor rotor doesn't rotate while in the block,either  
 with the starter or by hand, I have not pulled it yet.

 In an effort to be ready to pull the distributor, I went to put the  
 #1 cylinder in compression.  By the book, I pulled #1 plug and put  
 my finger over the hole & hit the starter.  Felt absolutely  
 nothing, distributor not spinning,  Pulled #2 and #4 sparkplug and  
 felt the blow, not sure if it was a high compression but certainly  
 much more than #1.

 Now I think I am onto the real problem, and it's not the  
 distributor but something amiss and the crank/cam shafts are not  
 spinning.  NOW I have managed to scare myself and think about how  
 to figure out if the crank shaft is broken.  What else can I look  
 at to eliminate a broken crank.  When the tractor shut off, the oil  
 pressure was good and the engine had only been running a couple of  
 minutes, and I heard no real metal, etc.break sound, etc.

 Now I am really looking for advice!  How can I figure out exactly  
 what is wrong?

 Russ
 1950 Redbell





 -----Original Message-----
 From: Jack Tractor <jacktractor at live.com>
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 Sent: Mon, Aug 9, 2010 8:38 pm
 Subject: [Ford-ferguson] distributor


 Are you saying that you are unable to rotate the distributor in the  
 block?
 [ russgman at aol.com] I think I didn't get this out on the list, so  
 try again I am
 !950 late model 8N, started up and as backing out of the barn it  
 shut off like
 he switch was shut off.
 ong story short:  no fire to plugs, discovered the rotor on the  
 distributor
 sn't turning when I crank.
  assume the problem is in the distributor, broken shaft or gear.  The
 otor/shaft won't turn when I apply gentle pressure
 o I'm not sure what the problem is.  Sound like I'm on the right  
 track?
 It looks like the distributor will have to come out so I can figure  
 this out.  I
 ould like to have it rebuilt while I have it out,
 eaning I would like to find a kit to refurbish or some one who will  
 inspect and
 epair/refurbish it.
 Any suggestions???
 I've worked on one distributor before and we had to put a chain  
 hoist on it to
 ull it out and broke the housing in
 he process, 80 Chevy Truck.  Is there a better way to get these  
 things out of a
 lock????
 Russ
 0 Redbelly

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