[Farmall] Farmall Digest, Vol 68, Issue 3

[David A. Gregg]

   1. H Lift All (szabelsk at gdls.com)


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Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 10:28:15 -0500
From: szabelsk at gdls.com
Subject: [Farmall] H Lift All
To: farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com
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Got the #33 loader mounted to the H last weekend. Not an easy task for one 
person to do alone. Got a few things to check before it goes into actual 
use, but it's ready to play with and have ready for the big storm that's 
supposed to paralyzed half the country in the next couple of days (?). 
Checked the oil in the Lift All and found it to be bone dry, so I put in 
six quarts of 30W oil and powered it up...got nothing. Figured I needed to 
prime the pump maybe, so I filled up the pipe on the right side of the 
pump, reconnected the hydraulic hose, hit the clutch and pulled on the 
lever, still nothing. Checked the oil in the pipe and it was gone, so I 
figure the output valve opened and the oil flowed to the gears. Refilled 
the pipe a second time and repeated trying to get the pump to pressurize. 
Still nothing, and again the pipe was empty. It was getting late and the 
sun was going down, so I let the tractor sit where it was. Thinking either 
the pump gears are worn, the overpressure valve is stuck open, or the 
bypass valve is not sealing properly. Didn't like the thought of having to 
drain the six quarts of oil and drop the pump to tear into it.

Yesterday I was thinking about the pump and thought that it was running 
pretty quite for a fifty year old pump of it's design. I got home from 
work late and it wasn't too cold, so I grab a door mat and a set of 
sockets and decided to drop the back plate. Simple task, just the two 
bolts. Shined a light up into the belly and found the problem pretty fast. 
The drive shaft is missing.

I've contacted the PO to see if he has the drive shaft and couplings. 
Haven't heard back from him yet. I checked E-bay to see if there might be 
one up for sale in case he comes back and says he doesn't have it, but 
only saw one that was included with a complete pump that is for sale.

So my question is, if I need to go hunting for the drive shaft, does 
anybody have one that they would be willing to part with if the PO tells 
me he doesn't have them?  Just looking for availability at the moment, I'm 
going to chase a couple of other avenues before I come a knockin.

Carl Szabelski



30 weight oil is going to be a little thick for the hydralics for an H
especially in the winter. 10 weight or a universal Hydralic oil would be
better.