New H to me

cwcuk · Feb 2, 2019

Hi I'm new here from the UK
I have just brought this pretty much untouched 1946 H, no electrics at all but cranks on half a turn on the handle.
The only extra it seem to have is hydraulics, no idea what I will be doing with it yet though

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FBH44 · Feb 2, 2019

Best tractor ever. Everything is right at belt level, to work on. What is in the background? Looks like vineyard or
something in rows.

560Dennis · Feb 2, 2019

Nice 👍🏿 got the mono wheel up front . See a lot them in the south and west , used to cultivate narrow rows I?m told. Nice find . Do you have any
implements?

rustred · Feb 2, 2019

nice, looks like someone was practicing on painting though. even have paint on the rear rims. that's not factory. looks like the starter is missing, as looks like the hole is open .

cwcuk · Feb 2, 2019

no hole as no starter it is a hand crank only, as for the paint apart from the wheel it is original just come off in place and you can see the original primer

Janicholson · Feb 2, 2019

Welcome to the forum. Very nice H. I like them in their "work Clothes" I do not know how rare a starterless H is in the UK or Europe, But I have never seen or
heard of one here in the US. Jim

rustyfarmall · Feb 2, 2019

Electric lights and starter were optional on all Hs.

Janicholson · Feb 2, 2019

I knew the electrics were optional, I just didn't know IH made special torque tubes with no starter mounting hole. Jim

DeltaRed · Feb 2, 2019

Probably just used a blockoff plate,like they used in other 'wartime' tractors.A friend has a '42 A 'wartime' with blockoff bplate.

DeltaRed · Feb 2, 2019

Single fronts are common here in southwest Colorado.

Jay Liedman · Feb 2, 2019

Congratulations on your acquisition. The Farmall H is one of the most durable and handiest little utility tractor around. They will last forever if you take just minimal care of them. About the only weak spot in the H was a tendency for it to jump out of high gear if the bearings related to that gear got worn. Parts to correct the problem should be readily available.

DR. EVIL · Feb 2, 2019

The layer of paint flaking off is a repaint, with poor adhesion. The primer layer is actually the
original factory paint job. IH did not use primer paint on tractors. There will be a red and maybe
sometimes a yellow sealer applied to iron castings. When you take covers off the transmission and final
drives they will have a nice coat of sealer to seal any burnt in sand onto the casting, and prevent oil
from possibly oozing out thin porous places in the castings. The machined areas highlight the sealer.

The rear rims should be hot dip galvanized according to the experts. I've never actually seen a
galvanized rim, always silver or aluminum painted rims.

Adrian Billheimer · Feb 2, 2019

Just to satisfy curiosity, I just looked in my original Parts book (TC-27-B printed in '47), it shows the clutch housing having the starter hole from the start at S/N 501, with a block off plate if no starter.

Janicholson · Feb 2, 2019

From the discussion below, could you take a look at the location on the torque tube (bell housing) where the starter would normally be located to see if there is
a blocking plate, or solid casting? From your description I made the assumption there was no plate. What is the serial number of the tractor. It should be on
the bell housing on a number plate riveted to the casting. Casting numbers would also tell the story They are in the form of 8*13*F (or similar) The asterisks
are screw heads. Jim

caterpillar guy · Feb 2, 2019

Good looking H. Our 53 H has galvanized rims. Tractor was bought new by grandpa.

cwcuk · Feb 3, 2019

I'm pretty sure it has a solid casting, I will put the S/N number up the I get it home later this week
David

SadFarmall · Feb 3, 2019

I think in the photograph, it looks as though there is a hole approximately where the starter motor would fit on a Farmall M. On the H tractors, I think the starter fits higher in the housing, where you cannot see in the photograph. My 1941 H came from Northern Australia and had no electric starting or lighting fitted. It had a plate over the mounting hole. You can see, with a little difficulty, in this photograph, where the starter is fitted to an H.

SadFarmall

MJ in the UK · Feb 3, 2019

Welcome and congratulations on your purchase. I also have a H in the same condition
and I will not paint it. Nearly all Hs and Ms sent to the UK from 1939 to 1949 did
not have starters and lights also your tractor is also rare has it has the single
front wheel instead of the more common wide front like my tractor. The single front
wheel was fitted to tractors sold into the fens of Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire
for working in potatoes and sugarbeet etc. I am from Newark in Nottinghamshire but
you may have seen me doing rally commentries all over the country. MJ (Michael
Hart)

cwcuk · Feb 3, 2019

Hi MJ
I come from the Lincolnshire Fens where we still have a farm, back when I was a kid my farther used a couple of JD A's with single wheels for row crop work then they went onto pea cutting with a Leverton torpedo cutter.
Not sure what I'm going to do with the H but I won't be painting it but may do the wheels in the right colour and find a badge for the front that is missing

cwcuk · Feb 4, 2019

Pic of serial number 241972 X3

ejr-IA. · Feb 4, 2019

You have a 1947 X3 stands for kerosene engine.

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