Early -vs- late H choke rods?

Yooper Farmall · Apr 16, 2012

I have an early H, I purchased a starter button mounting bracket and moved the starter button from the lower rear gas tank mount to the higher steering post position.
My choke rod never seemed to slide very well like it is binding somewhere. My choke rod is located on the left hand side and attaches to the rear gas tank mount. Now the with the new starter button position, the battery cables are right up against the choke rod which doesn't help. I found a picture, showing the choke rod not attached to the gas tank mount like mine, but attached on the right on what I'll call a steering post plate. Is this the setup for a later H? Is it the same choke rod moved, or would I need to find a new rod?

Yooper Farmall · Apr 16, 2012

Choke rod attached to gas tank mount.

Nebraska Cowman · Apr 16, 2012

You should be able to bend you rod so it does not bind to hard, or move the cables. Yes, it should be like in the drawing. You can weld a chunk in and lengthen your rod if you need too. Originally there was a spring deal to keep friction on the rod where it passes through the front tank bracket but they are always missing and most people don't even know what it looks like. (I do have one for a pattern)

Nebraska Cowman · Apr 16, 2012

Re-route your bat cables. That's what I'd do.

rustyfarmall · Apr 16, 2012

My 1950 H has the choke rod as shown in the drawing. My 1940 H has the choke rod just like in the photograph. Over time, all of those choke rods get "tweaked" out of shape, so if yours is rubbing somewhere, just simply bend it where ever needed so it operates smoothly.

Yooper Farmall · Apr 16, 2012

What I would like to do is re-route the choke rod and use the hole in the tank mount that it clips to, so I can wire or tie strap the batter cables in place.

rustyfarmall · Apr 16, 2012

(quoted from post at 08:44:28 04/16/12) What I would like to do is re-route the choke rod and use the hole in the tank mount that it clips to, so I can wire or tie strap the batter cables in place.

My 1940 H has the same battery set-up, same choke rod, and same post mounted starter button as yours, and the choke rod clears all of it.

PaulGinMn · Apr 16, 2012

That is the correct place for the early rod. Im not sure when they went to the plate but 1939's didnt have them.

riverbend · Apr 16, 2012

The choke rod on my '40 H comes through one of the holes in the arm that holds the hydraulic control rod. It is bent in all kinds of directions to go under the fuel tank, along side the sediment bowl, behind the air cleaner, and outside the carb. The little bracket under the arm for the hydraulic rod doesn't appear until SN 70410.

Greg

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