[Farmall] Farmall H rear tire mounting process.

[Mike Schmudlach]

Ground, Ground, Ground when dealing with 6 volt.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DANNY MC FEE" <danmcfee at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Farmall H rear tire mounting process.


> Mike
>  Are you sure that you do not touch or move any other wires. I have found
that no matter what else I think the problem is the best thing to do is
check the battery connections and grounds. I had the same kind of thing and
finally bought a new battery to starter cable. My H does some flakey things
if there is any resistance in the power / ground lines.
> Regards
> Dan
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Mike Schmudlach <mschmudlach at charter.net>
> To: Farmall/IHC mailing list <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 3, 2006 4:50:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [Farmall] Farmall H rear tire mounting process.
>
>
> "Any clue as to what is actually going on? Moisture build up under the
> cap that I release by removing it?"
>
> Sounds good to me.  Spray a little WD-40 under it next time.
> Mike
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Simon Herriotts" <sherriot at cisco.com>
> To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 3:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [Farmall] Farmall H rear tire mounting process.
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Question for the group about my old H. I do not run it very often, once
> > a month or so, and she usually starts up right away.
> > However a few times a year it is a different story. Turn her over and
> > she will not fire. At this point I usually check fuel (all OK), air (yup
> > nothing has built a new nest in there) and spark. I pull a plug wire and
> > with a spare spark plug check for spark, and get nothing. So I pull of
> > the distributor cap and check inside for other developments, no issues
> > found so re-assemble and retest for spark and "ta da" she fires on the
> > first spin.
> >
> > This has happened to me about 6 times now in the last 3 yrs or so, to
> > the point that I go through the motions with the spark plug/distributor
> > cap each time automatically. Sort of a ritual I have to go through in
> > penance for leaving her alone so long.
> >
> > Any clue as to what is actually going on? Moisture build up under the
> > cap that I release by removing it?
> >
> > Any thought would be appreciated.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Simon
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