8n Speed?

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8n Speed?

John Lee	I have an 8n that goes very fast in my opinion. I have looked at it and I see no evidence of a auxiliary transmission like a Sherman. In 1st gear it goes too fast to be useful for my subsoiler as I'm afraid it'll break something if I hit a rock. (Sure enough, I broke a lift arm eye doing just that) In 4th gear, it goes something like 30 miles an hour maybe more. Is this normal? On my New Holland 1720, I'd have to be in a mid range gear to match the 8N's 1st gear for speed. Any ideas or suggestions here?
Don	Mine does the same thing.......sometimes i want to bush hog really slow but i just cant.....needs a lower set of gears
Mike	The 8N operator's manual states that in first gear with the engine at 1500 rpm the speed will be 2.77 mph, at 2000 rpm it will be 3.69 mph. In fourth gear at the noted engine rpm the speed will be 10.23 and 13.64 mph respectively.
Jim Loveridge	That seems awfully fast. I wonder if you don't have a Sherman tranmission in high range and someone removed the lever. Just a thought. I have one on my NAA. The lever is on the left side forward of the of the transmission. It comes out of a hole in the clutch housing. I think I read somewhere that there were other over/under setups that were available back in the day too. You could take the starter out and look inside the cluth housing.
Bob G	Some of the Shermans had a push pull knob on the dash istead of lever. Look at John Smiths 8N site, as a good section on the different Sherman and other types of over/under gear boxes that were used. Including the Howard that had a lever on the right hand inspection plate with dipstick. Bob

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