Seeing what's wrong with an H

Posted by williamf on July 27, 2005 at 15:20:12 from (66.82.9.83):

I made contact with an old friend a few weeks ago - hadn't seen her since high school. She and her husband live on his family's old farm near Thomson, Ga. In the process of re-aquainting it came up that they have an old Farmall that they "need" to get going again. When we drove the two hours to visit last week I got to take a peek at it, under a tarp in a shed. It's been parked a while, but the tires were still up. Soon as I saw the seat and a corner of the rear end I knew it was an H.
Anyway, we were wearing visiting clothes and we didn't want to disturb the wren nesting under the seat so I've got to go back soon to look closer.
Brings up a few things- First, I've got to see is the engine stuck. If it's not, I would go through the fluids, make sure there's oil, etc. Then I'd want to check for spark. It's still six volt, I know, and magneto, I think. If the battery is as dead as I expect, can we just unhook it and put a 12v to the starter to turn it over?
And worse, if it has more problems than can be fixed in a day does anybody know of someone in the Thomson/Augusta area who loves working on old Farmalls?
Thanks, Wm

Follow Ups:

• Re: Seeing what's wrong with an H williamf 02:17:43 07/28/05 (0)
• Re: Seeing what's wrong with an H RustyFarmall 15:36:41 07/27/05 (1)
  • Re: Seeing what's wrong with an H OPSU Kid 17:48:40 07/27/05 (0)

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