Blasting is over rated. A good wire brushing and that rust converting primer from NAPA or someplace like that works too. It doesn't have to be show room quality. In fact if you look closely at most restore tractors, they have a better finish than Deere ever put on them... Too nice. That's why we don't bother...
Careful! "Old Arn" is as addictive as Rocketry! I'm considering saving $500 for a ShopSmith lathe combo that's in good shape, as I could certainly make use of something like that. I'm going to have to blueprint a template scheme for a laminate version of these saws.
Now my other Grandfathers Ford 8N tractor with the downdraft carb is still running to this day and has been a part of my family for over 60 years, too bad I didn't inherit it, but I still get to operate it every so often.
Are you sure it's a downdraft? Every 8N I've ever worked on (a lot of them) had updraft carbs...
Do yourself a favor, instead of the Shopsmith buy the individual tools if you can. While a Shopsmith can do many things, it does very few of them well and without a bit of "fiddling" (okay more than a bit). I inherited my Grandfathers Shopsmith Mark V and found that it really wasn't as good as the hype.
Now my other Grandfathers Ford 8N tractor with the downdraft carb is still running to this day and has been a part of my family for over 60 years, too bad I didn't inherit it, but I still get to operate it every so often.
I remember them talking about it is all, if I remember correctly the carb was mounted below the intake manifold, does that make it an updraft? So no I am not certain, mechanics are not my thing, I do mechanical repairs on my vehicles because I don't want to pay the prices our local mechanics charge.
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