[Farmall] H Lift All

[Mike Sloane]

There have been a LOT of Farmall H tractor sent to the salvage yards 
over the years. I would check around with some of the salvage yards 
listed on the ATIS site. I have have had good luck with Biewers, 
Anderson Tractor, Pete's Tractor, and JP Tractor. When all else fails, 
I. Hoober in Intercourse PA <www.ihoober.com> seems to find stuff that 
nobody else can find. That small shaft doesn't weigh a lot, so the 
shipping from anywhere in the country should not be expensive. Also the 
people who ran Valu-Bilt bought up a LOT of old tractors a few years 
back and have a large supply of parts on hand.

Mike

szabelsk at gdls.com wrote:
> 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
>