7/16 x 20 square nut

So, either drill/tap a plate, then hacksaw to size and file to square, or braze a square washer to a hex nut. Either is faster than ordering a part from anyone's stock.

The steering on any Ford tractor of that vintage was very dangerous, even with the 4-banger engine. The gear ratio is so fast that it's easy to loose control in high gear/full throttle. Have you ever been driving the tractor and hit a stump or hole with one front wheel an have your thumb nearly snapped off? Not pleasant!

Paul

My thoughts exactly. Surely someone puts out a kit. 'Course, I saw a sweet and throaty Ford 302 V-8 conversion of a FarmAll in Medford a couple years ago.

-- I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar and often convincing. -- Oscar Wilde

Is that some kind of law or did everybody just let the local loon get away with it? ;-)

Cheers! Rich

Here you go ..... Bottom of the page... $6.90

BINGO!

cheap too.

Wish I'd ask earlier. I see they sell a new battery box. I fidled away the better part of a day building one myself.

Thanks

Karl

Just run a tap through a coarse thread square nut.

John

And you have a "ready stripped" nut just waiting to fail.

It sounds like it'd be simpler to just make one from scratch, but what I wonder is, why does it need to be square? What would be wrong with a fender washer and a hex nut?

Thanks, Rich