Posted by ScottyHOMEy on February 02, 2008 at 19:59:24 from (71.241.213.254):
My apologies. I'd intended to post before and after pictures of my '47 BN as inspiration for you, and the thread wound up being more about mine. I'm truly sorry about that.
As far as yours, I could come up with a million questions from your picture. Yours is missing the air cleaner and battery box, as mine was. But I got looking at the rod on the right side of your trctor, and got wondering if yours ever had a battery. Or starter. It would not have ben uncommon in '41 to have come without either. So I'm thinking what appears to be a rod might be the old-style mechanical magneto ground??
On the mechanical side . . . Is the crack in the block in the area behind the carburetor? You'll find threads on here that deal with everything from brazing to JBWeld for fixing that. Actually not too bad a fix as the cooling system isn't pressurized. If the tractor was left outdoors, and hasn't run in almost 40 years, you're likely looking at pistons and sleeves. 8^( As for crank, cam and other precision parts, I don't know how deeply embedded the metric system is in the UK. Can you still find machine shops that can work in English measurements? But then, how big a problem, really, is conversion? But the metric thing pops up again in replacing the odd bearing and seal . . .
Cosmetically, yours looks also to be in about the same shape mine was. Rusty and maybe pitted as it is, the tin looks pretty straight, and might not require much more than a good cleaning up and good prep for priming and paint. Same for the iron. I used everything from a wire wheel, to sandblasting and electrolysis to clean up the rust. Those and, especially for small parts, a dilute phosphoric acid product. And sandable primer can be a wonderful thing.
It sounds like you're ready to get going, and I hope you'll keep us posted as you go along. A family tractor is a special thing. I have a lot of fond memories of riding on the off side of my BN as a kid with my grandfather and his father at the helm, and now I've been able to enjoy having youngsters riding over there while I tend to the navigation. Nothing quite like it. I'll be rootin' for ya!
I'll wish you good luck and happy wrenching! Just sitting here, I'm gonna guess you're biggest challenge will be parts. Please don't be shy about piping up if you need any help with them.
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