42 Farmall B

JRHall · Dec 29, 2018

Love this site and thank you all ahead of time for the advice. This is my first old Farmall and I?ll be asking a lot of stupid questions probably. Yes I?ve ordered a set of manuals, they haven?t arrived yet. Does anyone have a pic of what the hood hooks actually hook to? Mine are dangling but I don?t see anything that they?ll reach to hook to. Tractor is running and I?m beginning to go thru it to see what it needs . Thank you in advance for putting up with my ignorance on these tractors!!

tomtinker · Dec 29, 2018

I think it is just a steel strap welded above them at an angle.

DeltaRed · Dec 29, 2018

A couple of little brackets and 'straps'. Look closely and you will see them.Obvious,unless someone removed them.

rustyfarmall · Dec 29, 2018

On a Farmall H, there is a bracket on the fuel tank, and also on the radiator shroud.

Heat Houser · Dec 29, 2018

The hood's front hooks grab the flat (kinda U shaped) bar that braces the top of the radiator. This brace attaches between/to the top engine coolant outlet on the block and the sides of the radiator. The rear hooks grab the kinda angle iron looking tabs found on each corner of the gas tank. Early Bs used Dzus fasteners to attach the hood. If someone changed the gas tank, you may have a mixture.

JRHall · Dec 29, 2018

Must be the case because I see nothing that these hooks will pull to reach

old · Dec 29, 2018

Back when I built my BA I had the option of either type of hood lock and I went with the hook type. If you pull the hood off you should be able to figure out which hood it is set up for then if the older type lock find a good used hood to match. I do not remember if I still have it but I may have a hood with the older type locks still laying around.

gene bender · Dec 29, 2018

Remove the hood and then you can see how it fastens. The j-hook hoods fasten different than the 1/4 turn ones even the radiators are different so you dont want a mixture of the parts cause it just dont work.

Red Dave · Dec 29, 2018

Dzeus fasteners were only used in 1939 & 1940. 1941 & up will have the "J" Hooks.

It may have an older radiator, or it may be an older tractor, or who knows what somebody may have changed or modified over the past 76 years?

Dave BN · Dec 29, 2018

The hooks you see are for you to grab with your hand. What you can't see are the upside down hooks under the hood. Look for them then follow others instructions.

Dave

Bob · Dec 29, 2018

(quoted from post at 13:33:22 12/29/18) Remove the hood and then you can see how it fastens. The j-hook hoods fasten different than the 1/4 turn ones even the radiators are different so you dont want a mixture of the parts cause it just dont work.

"you dont want a mixture of the parts cause it just dont work"

Ha ha, I can vouch for that!

I have a "mutt" "A" with the "J-hook" hood, and nothing for them to grab.

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