What is this on my H I just bought?

merlynr

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I bought this H and it has a couple of features that my other doesn't have. One is a little crank handle that is connected all the way up by the oil filler and also there is a little tank next to the gas tank. I have pictures but right now they won't load. My other H is a 52 and this one is much older with the odd looking seat(to me). I'm going to get the serial number later cause we're in a storm now.
 
Your new H was a Distalet and the small crank was to close the shuttters inft. of the rad , the small tank was for gas to get the tractor hot enough to switch to kerosene
 
Farmall made the h in 3 different models: gasoline, distillate, and kerosene models.

Gasoline had the highest engine compression and the most hp. Distillate has less engine compression and less hp. Kerosene models had the lowest compression and the lowest hp.

As tractor vet pointed out: Both Distillate or Keresene models required starting the tractors on gas (little tank) and then switching to the big tank when engine was hot enough to burn the lesser quality and cheaper fuel in the big tank. Tractor would be switched back to little tank for a few minutes before shutting tractor off so easy cold start could be attained next time.

Control rod was for radiator shutters to help maintain engine hotness at all times so cheap fuel could even be burned. Light loads and shutters more closed where heavy loads would be shutters more open. As load conditions changed operator could easily adjust from tractor seat.
 
The crank is for opening and closing shutters. Small tank was for to start engine then when shutters are closed engine will warm up unough to switch over to the distillate in the main tank. Small tank used gas. If now just using gas the main tank will be used and shutters are not needed.
 

Thanks for all the responses and now I understand more of what I'm looking at
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We ran an all fuel JD model A on the single large tank but it did create some problems. Like when running on diesel we couldn't kill it for lunch, had to let it idle while we wolfed down a sandwich. Or if it died in the field you had to instantly start cranking it by hand before the block cooled down. It ran best on drip gas, when we could get it, or a diesel/gasoline blend.

Btw, am I seeing things or is the rear tire on that tractor on backwards?
 
We ran an all fuel JD model A on the single large tank but it did create some problems. Like when running on diesel we couldn't kill it for lunch, had to let it idle while we wolfed down a sandwich. Or if it died in the field you had to instantly start cranking it by hand before the block cooled down. It ran best on drip gas, when we could get it, or a diesel/gasoline blend.

Btw, am I seeing things or is the rear tire on that tractor on backwards?
 
(quoted from post at 06:34:10 07/15/16) We ran an all fuel JD model A on the single large tank but it did create some problems. Like when running on diesel we couldn't kill it for lunch, had to let it idle while we wolfed down a sandwich. Or if it died in the field you had to instantly start cranking it by hand before the block cooled down. It ran best on drip gas, when we could get it, or a diesel/gasoline blend.

Btw, am I seeing things or is the rear tire on that tractor on backwards?

This is exactly why IH sold 3 distinct models of tractors, being Gas, Distillate, or Kerosene. The compromises necessary to burn "All Fuels" were unexceptable to IH's engineers. Instead they provided a tractor optimized for the chosen fuel.
 
Not three models you either burned gas or the other fuel in those days the kero and distillate were very much the same. Old John Deere i drove just startrd on the cheap stuff
 
(quoted from post at 02:53:17 07/18/16) Not three models you either burned gas or the other fuel in those days the kero and distillate were very much the same. Old John Deere i drove just startrd on the cheap stuff

Check the parts book again.... there were 3 configurations of the Farmall h's production run: Kersone (lowest engine compression), distallate (only a whisker more engine compression), and gas with the most engine compression.
 
(quoted from post at 18:53:17 07/17/16) Not three models you either burned gas or the other fuel in those days the kero and distillate were very much the same. Old John Deere i drove just startrd on the cheap stuff

Gene, did you ever run diesel in your Deere? Kerosene was out the question in the 80's, way to high for country folks. We tried a blend, it didn't have the power of gas or drip, but was cheaper. Dad's friend sold us drip for 40¢ a gallon, but didn't have a huge supply.. Hand cranking on diesel with a cold engine was not fun.
 
(quoted from post at 18:53:17 07/17/16) Not three models you either burned gas or the other fuel in those days the kero and distillate were very much the same. Old John Deere i drove just startrd on the cheap stuff

Gene, did you ever run diesel in your Deere? Kerosene was out the question in the 80's, way to high for country folks. We tried a blend, it didn't have the power of gas or drip, but was cheaper. Dad's friend sold us drip for 40¢ a gallon, but didn't have a huge supply.. Hand cranking on diesel with a cold engine was not fun.
 

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