new 8n wont crank

Then theres the sparkie heat range. Each sparkies mfgr heat-range is slightly different, depending upon the size and material used. Too COLD heat-range, the natural by-products of combustion will condense on the sparkie gap and eventually FOUL the sparkie and cause missing.

Too HOT heat-range, and yer glowing sparkie will self-ignite the gasoline charge all by-itself instead of by the timed ignition from the distributor. Pre-ignition will BANG yer engine and melt piston heads, break rings, hammer bearings outta round, broken piston rods thru the side of the engine block. not good!!!

The OEM sparkie for the N-Engine was a cool Champion H-10, worked great with 70 octaine gasoline and heavy plowing. Unfortunately, modern 87 octaine gasoline, leaves too many deposits and will foul cold sparkies and cause missing so a HOTTER SPARKIE is recommended. The HOTTER AutoLite AL437 (gapped 0.025) seems to have a better heat-range and life than the Champion hotter H-12 version and lasts longer. My sparkies are 10yr old and work great.

Now don't confuse HOT Sparkies (plug) with HOT sparkies (coil)..... ....Dell, yer self-appointed sparkie-meister

Then exchange yer FLOODED sparkies for new dry AutoLite AL-437, gapped 0.025.

Heres the deal, all yer crankin' has sucked wet gas up into yer sparkies and left INVISABLE contaminates on the center electrodes that leak-off them lazy sparkies instead of jumpin' the gap.

Then after you've gottchur engine running and hot; change-out 1-sparkie and lettchur HOT ENGINE clean and dry-out yer dead-sparkie, one attta time. Save yer now cleaned and re-gapped sparkies for the NEXT time you flood yer engine. And there will be a next time..... ...HTH, Dell, yer self-appointed sparkie-meister

Installation is a reversal of the removal....except....gently fingerstart yer 2-bolts and then twirl yer rotor until it drops into the camshaft drive slot, now tighen yer 2-bolts. Snapp-onn yer crabcap and top-terminal coil wire. Simple, eh?

Caution: be certain that yer points hold-down screw is the SHORT #8-32x3/16" screw. Also, the points screw gitts INVISABLE thread wear and can become difficult to tighten down enuff to keep the points gapp from slippin'. New SHORT #8-32x3/16 points screw p/n: 355047-S7 $50c (cheap) also available at yer local Ford Automobile parts store.

Yer dads semi-right, yer squarecan ignition coil does run warm, not "burnie-burn" hot but noticeably warm in cold weather but non-noticable during hot weather.

You must also run yer 6-volt squarecan ignition coil with the "infamous ballast resistor" under yer ampmeter. Otherwize, yer 6-volt coil OVERHEATS and pukes its insulative tar and looses its sparkies abilities.

Suggest you squander summma yer xmas money for an I&T FO-4 manual. $22 (cheap) Readily available from sponsors of this great N-Board, most agricultural emporiums; Amazon.com, BordersBooks, WalMartBooks. www.n-news.com also has great archive of implement manuals. Even yer local CNH Ford/New Holland dealer sell'em, isn't that amazing? Even my local (byte my tongue) John Deere dealer parts counter is selling it. Gittcha one and readitt..... ...respectfully, Dell

I did it the same way as you did a couple of times until I learned the easy way.