SDE

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The auction has been postponed. I looked at the H anyway. It is a 45 and it has the deck removed from the rear end. The drain plug is removed and it has the hood over it. How long it has sat outside, I do not know, but everything is rusted. Would all the bearings need to be replaced, if a person were to try and put it back to working order?
Thank you
SDE
 
Probably depend on whether the rust was just surface discoloration or if it had actually eaten into the metal.
 
I have 4 H tractors I would sell.
1 is just a parts machine and 2 ran when I parked them. I would say 3 ran but I took the distributor off of one to fix a IH340 we have.
Funny thing is they are all 1940 H farmall's and came form different places
 
I got different gears for my Silver King for that exact reason. I was afraid that the microscopic rust pits on the gears would cause fretting or flaking of the gears once they get a load on them again. A gear or metallurgical expert would know more than I, but I just didn't want to chance it while I was already there
 
I had left my "H" outside for years, and had water inside the transmission case. Had rust all over the bottoms of the gears. Looked bad, but I figured try it and run it, and what's the worst can happen?? Drained it, filled with oil, and have run her for years now, no problems of any sort.
 
My H had a bearing go bad, probably the bearing behind the brake drum. You can clearly see the dent where the bull gear ate one of the loose balls. Never chipped a tooth. It still works fine.

Good new bearings will be expensive, but how often to do want to tear it apart for a few hundred bucks you saved a couple years ago ? You can remove most, if not all, the bearings without damaging them and check them. If they are still good, use them. If not, replace them.

Personally, I would find a running, moving H to start on. It is very easy to spend much more than the tractor is worth repairing it. An H is a great tractor and I'm sure I have spent 3 times what mine is worth on parts. But has been worth every dime, I still use it to make my living.

Greg
 

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