John Deere H

AZ GARY · Mar 8, 2023

Was there a kit to change a hand start H to electric start?

dan_41jdh · Mar 8, 2023

Yes. Assembly number AH1144R, Starting Equipment for Tractors with Lighting Equipment was available for field installation. It consisted of the new flywheel with a ring gear, the flywheel guard, the starter, and some miscellaneous parts. It required lighting equipment (generator, wiring harness, lights, light switch, cut-out relay, v-belt, pulley for fan shaft, etc. to be installed first. There was an assembly number for a field-add for the lighting equipment also: AH949R. All of this material was only for tractors after S/N 27000. Before that S/N, starting and lighting equipment wasn't available and wouldn't fit (except for the generator lighting system made by K-W).

AZ GARY · Mar 8, 2023

I wonder if any kits are around on parts tractors? If you just wanted to start the tractor and charge the battery separately would you need all the other parts?

dan_41jdh · Mar 9, 2023

Nicely packaged kits are long gone, I'm afraid. However, if your tractor's S/N is 27000 or greater, you should be able to cannibalize a parts tractor and get a flywheel with ring gear and a starter (including the starter mounting bracket) and except for a battery, battery cables, and battery mounting components, you would be good to go. That would let you start the tractor but would require occasional separate charging.

There have been a few tractors earlier than S/N 27000 which have been modified to accept a starter, but it requires a fair amount of very careful work to locate, then drill and tap the main case for mounting holes for the starter as well as swapping out a number of components to make room for a battery.

2rich4me63 · Mar 9, 2023

(quoted from post at 16:42:36 03/08/23) Was there a kit to change a hand start H to electric start?

If you search the Minneapolis Craigslist for John Deere H parts, the parts you need are there. Might be to far to ship as the flywheel would be expensive.

HILL · Mar 9, 2023

(quoted from post at 19:23:14 03/09/23)

(quoted from post at 16:42:36 03/08/23) Was there a kit to change a hand start H to electric start?

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If you search the Minneapolis Craigslist for John Deere H parts, the parts you need are there. Might be to far to ship as the flywheel would be expensive.

I have a flywheel with gear, starter and starter bracket for a model H. It came off a H that did not have the proper holes drilled correctly I changed it back to hand start. They are available.

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