[Farmall] tachometer drive

[Ben Wagner]

Kathy Frick wrote:
> I was able to receintly buy my dads 1950 H back The original owner had installed a
> tachometer the gauge is massy ferguson . the person i bought the H back from had removed the tach drive and cable. where can I purchase a new tach drive for my H it looks like it attached under the distriburater. but I am not sure . I seem to remember the tach cable being under the distribuater. any info would be appreciated. this tractor is dear to my heart as my dad was killed in a house fire two years ago and i am trying to restore the H back to when dad bought it in 1965  dad rolled it once and we had to replace the gas tank and steering wheel nothing else was hurt DAD included. THanks for your help. P.S. I plan to show it in may at our local tractor show  (BUCKEYE FARM TRACTOR AND ENGINE SHOW) 
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Hello,

If you go to this website, there is a free parts manual for your H that 
might help. 

http://www.cleancomputes.com/Cub/H%20-%20HV/index.html

I have never seen an H with a tachometer, so I can't help you on that.  
I doubt if an H was equipped to have a tach in 1950, but I can be wrong 
and someone more familiar with an H would know. 

What I would do, if the Massey tachometer worked, would be to find the 
tach drive for the Massey gauge, since that was what it was designed to 
take, and use it.  If that didn't work, I would have to see what kind of 
tach drive would fit. 

Does anyone know if all tach drives are the same?   In that case, you 
could replace it with any tach drive you can find that would fit an H.  
But you may just have to buy a new tachometer, complete, if they don't 
sell drives separately. 

Hope this helps.  If you don't have a parts manual, do take time to 
download the one on Clean Computes.  I got the one for my Super A from 
there, and I don't know where I would be without it.  Or maybe I do, 
arriving close to frustration! :)

Ben Wagner