Life goes on - Summer 2016

turn the ignition on and the blinkers will work.

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After though…left hand blinker left on when you shut truck off.

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always seems seems to be the ground. The more you load the lighting harness the more goofy stuff you see. many times won’t show any signs till you add the trailer

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I am with the ground reply,I like too hang a seperate ground wire between the trailer and the truck frame or inside the trunk if its a car.

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Assuming you have previously tested the lights and know the Left/Right turn to be correct, you can from then on simply check parking and hazards. If they both work, you’re good to roll.

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My own private argos; splitting the tractor awaiting my ring gear and starter from Steiner

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Seams there is always something needing fixed. Around here it is most things. I see it is over head valve, what year is that. fords didn’t go overhead until the Jubilee in 53

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It’s a 1953 ferguson with the standard engine.

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Was that their first year of the overhead valves as well?

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I am surprised also, that it has overheads. My 9N was suppose to be a 54 and it is a flat head. TomC

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My understanding is that they used overhead valves in all the standard engines all the way back to 1947. It was also made with the continental engine which was a flathead ford same as the 9n. Mine was made in England for canada so has the standard engine. Most of the ones in the US seem to have the continental according to Steiner. Anxious to get my parts… Not looking forward to the bill.

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Hey David. OHV engines were built for the Liberty 12 aircraft for WWI. Chevrolet went from valve in head to OHV in 1955. Luxury cars had it also before Chevy. Back then the power to be gained was in cubic inches and octane increases. Why worry about cylinder head flow?

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Tom I am not sure but I was under the impression the Jubilee replaced the N series in 53. I am certainly no expert that is just what I have gathered in my search for a cheap tractor to gasify.

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Doug I really don’t know enough to rate flathead vs ohv. Ones like mine are very common here Canada being part of the Commonwealth. Fair bit of 8 and 9n’s as well but grandpere was always a ferguson guy and that stuck with me.

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Doug , not to be argumentative but Chevrolet was using over head valve engines long before 1955. Not sure of the exact date but think back to the stove bolt inline sixes. I think the 216’s go back into the thirtys. In 1955 they did make a change in the motor mount location on the 235’s. There was also a 261 truck engine in this family.

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Well, both intakes work. But, think of it this way; your running late for work and your normal short route (ohv) is blocked off by a rock slide. So now you have to take a winding detour route (flat head)… Oh yah, your almost out of fuel in your truck, to…

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Jim I have never checked the serial number. Just what the previous owner advertised it at. I’m an Farmall man that got a bug in his bonnet that he wanted a Ford with hydraulic 3 point capabilities. Old Farmalls are just a tow bar. TomC

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Yes Tom it is the lack of the 3 point that has kept me clear of the old m’s and h’s that seem to be plentiful and cheap in these parts. The truth is I don’t even need a tractor I just want one.

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I have seen retro 3 point setups on drawbar tractors but you do need aux hydraulics which some of them did not have.

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Mr. Max and our friends in Finland had a get together this last weekend also. Maybe we will get some pictures and details of their jamboree.

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