8N Clutch problem + separation anxiety

This is the way to break the tractor at the clutch housing to engine.

The picture is of a 660 Ford but the procedure is the same for the 8N.

Tie a stout rope around the hood and oil pan to help support the weitht of the front end. Use a chain to hook a chain hoist to the center of the steering wheel. Around the steering shaft/post. Take the bolts out f the steering sector where it bolts to the clutch housing.

Of course you should disconnect any wires or other connections that would hold it together.

Put a rolling floor jack under the clutch housing or under the transmission drain plug and take up the weitht of the rear end. Remove the bolts that hold the clutch housing to the engine and take up the chain hoist so that the steering housing lift off the clutch housing slightly. Pull the two halves apart being sure that they are equally lifted and not more in one than the other up or down. When the rolling jack is pulled back a few inches so that the transmission input shaft is clear of the clutch you will have to lower the rolling floor jack enough to clear the steering housing as you continue to roll the rear end back until you have room to get to the clutch.

While it can be done with a floorjack under the tranny to "roll-back" the rearwheels while the engine is blocked, I like to suggest that you consider the merrits of a cheap ($25) wheeled boat-trailer tongue-jack. A clever shadetree mechanic can figgure out a sheetmetal "L" angle bracket to fasten the jack to the side of the tranny and you can eazily wheel and adjust yer tranny height for removal/installation.

I also like to recommend removing yer 4-bolt tranny input shaft to use as a clutch centering pilot. And while you have the tranny input shaft off, replace yer tranny input shaft seal. ($3, cheap)..... .....Dell