Ken Christopherson
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Hello all. It has been a while since I have posted an update on the 1942 Farmall H that I am restoring to help raise awareness for suicide and mental health. Two nights ago, we were able to test fire the engine for the first time. Aside from a little fine tuning, it runs beautifully and quiet. This morning, we thought we would see how it rolls into the gears. (Keep in mind this thing was 100% disassembled). When driving in first gear it makes a very noticeable metal scraping sound that is coming from directly underneath the top deck. Also, if you pull back on the gear shift while in first, the gear grinds inside the transmission while in motion. Reverse is EXTREMELY hard to get the shift lever out of gear. All other gears work flawlessly and quietly. Does it sound like I may have gotten the 1/R shift fork misaligned with the 1st sliding gear? Seems to me if the fork were out of the machined groove in the gear, it would push it but not pull it back out of gear? Any ideas? I really hate to have to pull the top cover, but it sounds like it is necessary at this point.
You wouldn't believe how easily this girl starts. First gentle half-flip of the hand crank and she is running! I hope you enjoy the photo of the current stage. All that is left is to do the bodywork and paint on the tin (and figure out the issue of the 1st/reverse gear).
You wouldn't believe how easily this girl starts. First gentle half-flip of the hand crank and she is running! I hope you enjoy the photo of the current stage. All that is left is to do the bodywork and paint on the tin (and figure out the issue of the 1st/reverse gear).