Project: 2N resurrection

[Lonesome7.3]

I know, this is not a truck. But a truck pulled it home and it will be used to move non running trucks around the yard.

 

[Lonesome7.3]

I picked this 2N up a few months back and have not done much with it since. The deal I made with the seller was I wanted to see it run first. He got it running and it ran great. For a little while anyway...

The fuel system was so clogged up I am amazed it ran at all. So the first thing I did was pull the carb and fuel valve. The carb was so bad it had stalactites inside. I am not kidding. I have seen carbs that have sat for a while but this was a new one on me. The sludge inside gummed up everything. I soaked, scrubbed, cleaned and repeated until it looked new. Now I just have to track down a rebuild kit.

The fuel valve was the same way and it received the same treatment. Isn’t there suppose to be a filter on the portion that goes in the tank?

I pulled the hood off so I can address the other issues. I do not see any problems with the tank other than a need for a good flushing. I will address that and the sheet metal next.

 

[Lonesome7.3]

These parts were so caked up I could not distinguish the individual pieces. The canister containing the filter element in that condition now and I am working to clean it up.

 

[Lonesome7.3]

In between all the other stuff I had going on today I got a few other things done. I got the air filter housing apart. The elements turned out well but the housing is still soaking. Underneath all that grease was a nice fuel tank. It also cleaned up quite well. No pin holes and not as much debris as I thought. Now I have to address the fasteners and get the sheet metal apart. I am not restoring it, but I do have some significant repairs to make.

 

[Bigredmariner]

Sweet tractor to start with, looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

I went through a faze of tractor building myself. I was partial to the Farmall tractors so I build a Cadet, then a Super C, an H, and a Super H. When I sold my shop I had a 50 model John Deere B sitting in the shop. With no space or time left I gave up the hobby. The JD went to scrap and the Super H went to my buddy who still uses it occasionally to shread his place. I had already sold or traded the others off. Man that was some fun working on those things.

 

[Lonesome7.3]

I have always wanted to restore one. This mat not be a restoration, but I am learning a lot.

 

[Sunset_Z28]

Careful, it's easy to start tearing one of those apart and end up rebuilding the whole thing. I just did a frame in rebuild of my 800 a few weeks ago.

 

[OldCracker29]

Very cool!

 

[Black02Silverado]

 

[Lonesome7.3]

I am with you on that. I caught myself doing way more work than it needs yesterday.