Re: Ford "Wartime" 2N

In Reply to: Re: Ford posted by Caleb on February 16, 2023 at 18:34:41:

If you look at the parts manual and see how the magneto drive is made, it is obvious that it will not.
See page 53 in
https://ntractorclub.com/manuals/parts/1949%20May%20Ford%20Tractor%20Parts%20Catalogue.pdf

The late 8N distributor does not have a lower housing. It is installed into the front timing cover which is a different part from the earlier front mount distributor timing cover. Cam shafts are different. Side mount cam has a helical gear on the end, mates with a helical gear on the end of the distributor shaft. Front mount has a slot on the end, mates with a tang on the distributor. Magneto drive has a tang on the end to mate with the slot on the cam. Has bevel gears to the shaft that goes up to a coupling that mates with the magneto.

With some fancy machine work and a bit of engineering it could be possible to cut down a side mount distributor and make an adapter that would work with a magneto, someone put a GM HEI distributor on a side mount (I think) 8N block.

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