The easiest way to identify the year of your old Ford tractor is by the serial number. 134 ci gas or LP-gas engine 7. High clearance row crop with134 ci gas or LP-gas engine 8. Four wheel utility type with adjustable front axle, 172 ci gas or LP-gas engine. Quick ID Ford Tractors '39-'64. Identifying Your Ford Tractor The best way to identify a tractor is by the serial number. Serial numbers on the 9N-2N and 8N tractors are located on the left side of the engine block, just below the head and behind the oil filter.
06-07-2005, 08:34 PM
I bought an engine kit for my 8N ford project. I've read some of the 8N sites about removing and replacing engine sleeves, but I thought I'd get some machinist opinions.
The Ford manual I have tells you to remove the sleeve with a tool that looks like a v shaped chisel that cuts the sleeve. Seems too primitive and possibly dangerous to the novice like me. Possibility of ruining the block scares me. I've also seen a variety of cylinder shaped drivers that you just hammer them in and out.
What I was thinking of doing was designing a special puller that used a heavy aluminum disk that caught the bottom edge of the sleeve and used a piece of 1/2'-10 acme rod and a nut in an arrangement that would allow me to tighten the nut and pull the sleeve out. Engine is out and attached to a stand, so I can do almost anything I need to. What do you think?
Matt
Learn to read the ID tag appropriately. Once you've found the identification tag, you need to know how to read it to get the right information. Luckily, the tags are simple to breakdown. From upper left to bottom right:[4]The Ford manual I have tells you to remove the sleeve with a tool that looks like a v shaped chisel that cuts the sleeve. Seems too primitive and possibly dangerous to the novice like me. Possibility of ruining the block scares me. I've also seen a variety of cylinder shaped drivers that you just hammer them in and out.
What I was thinking of doing was designing a special puller that used a heavy aluminum disk that caught the bottom edge of the sleeve and used a piece of 1/2'-10 acme rod and a nut in an arrangement that would allow me to tighten the nut and pull the sleeve out. Engine is out and attached to a stand, so I can do almost anything I need to. What do you think?
Matt
- Cubic Inch Displacement (CID): The first three numbers, found in the upper left corner, tell you the size of the engine.
- Manufacturing Plant: The single letter to the right of the CID is where the engine was built. 'C' is for Cleveland, 'E' is for Ensite, Canada, and 'W' is for Windsor, Canada.
- Year: The next two numbers are for the year the engine was built. 70, for example, would mean it was made in 1970.
- Month Built: This hyphenated number and letter correspond to the month. The months are in alphabetical order, so A = January and M = December. There is no 'i' so people don't confuse it the number 1. 0-A would mean January 1970, 5-C March 1975, etc. (assuming the year code is for the 70's).
- Engine Code Number: This final 3-digit number is the ID of your particular engine. You can look up this code online to see the specs of your current engine.[5]