Farmall H Thoughts

SadFarmall · Mar 8, 2019

I found this photograph of a Farmall H, showing the Ammeter. As can be seen, it also shows various other features, which I have not seen on a Farmall H.
1. Light switch - long lever
2. Fuel Sediment Bowl looks to be under the starting tank, not the main fuel tank.
3. Starter button - same as on my Farmall M tractors (not pleasant to push unless you have thick soled boots on your feet).
4. Gear shifter has no bend at all.
5. Rubber gear shift knob a different shape from ones I have seen.

Are these early designs, which were changed in production, or possibly seen on prototypes for IHC?
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Athol Carr · Mar 8, 2019

Looks like a very early H or a prototype. Early seat support, later replaced by bent pipe. The seat is the early rubber covered seat before the felt padded ones with the black canvas cover. I thought all the early H and M tractors had the button at the base of the steering post. The switch could be a pre-production tractor as I have not seen anything like that in a parts book. The early Farmall H and W-4 tractors had the filter bowl under the starting tank, it later moved to under the main tank. See parts books. I used a filter bowl to replace the valve under the starter tank on my 1941 W-4 as the original valve had split and all the others that I found were no better. It now has two filter bowls. No-one has complained yet. With the Farmall H there was no real need to bend the gear-shift lever as it clears the tank. The W-4 has a much greater problem as the gear-shift comes out from under the tank.

SadFarmall · Mar 8, 2019

That is an excellent idea. The petrol tap on my Farmall H has been a problem for some time. A second sediment bowl can only help!
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FBH44 · Mar 8, 2019

My memory is that all automobiles in that era had that sort of floor-mounted foot-operated starter switch, it was state of the art at that time.

D Slater · Mar 8, 2019

Light switch handle, starter switch with operating pin through steering support pipe and a screw on shifter knob was used on early production tractors. Also the cable operated on off switch for magneto. Think you can see the knob in picture. If belt pulley equipped there was no rod to operate from seat. Just a plain handle on the gear box. Fuel strainer was only under the small tank to start with and just a shut off valve at main tank before a switch of locations for distillate and kero. 41 H on dad and uncles farm still had the starter switch and pin along with the heavier light bar clamps than later ones. Starter pin location didn't work when change was made to hydraulic seats. Wasn't the best with a pipe seat.

Janicholson · Mar 8, 2019

And thick plastic steering wheel with covered spokes. Jim

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