[Farmall] 1942 Farmall H distillate or gas

[Jerry Bossard]

DBigdog, Carl Szabelski, Mike Sloane and Barney Van De Weert -

Thank you for the valuable information!  It is greatly appreciated!  I look
forward to continue using this forum and learning more about this Farmall H
as time goes on.  I really enjoy this vintage of tractors.  I will look at
purchasing some manuals to assist.  It may be a few weeks or maybe a couple
of months before I can get the tractor moved and running due to the location
of the tractor and the weather will play a factor as well.  I'll try to get
some pictures available on a website when I get to working on things.


Thanks again,

Jerry Bossard
Urbandale, IA
Jerry.bossard at gmail.com



----- Original Message ----- 
From: Jerry Bossard
To: farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 12:31 PM
Subject: [Farmall] 1942 Farmall H distillate or gas


Hello.

My name is Jerry Bossard and I am the new owner of a 1942 Farmall H that
belonged to my Grandfather.  I don't know much about the tractor other than
it was used slightly yearly and has a 7' sickle mower attached.  I was able
to get the serial number off the side of the tractor which is FBH - 101041
.  There was not an "X1" or "X3" behind the serial so I'm going to assume it
was gas/distillate when it was new.  The tag also says not to exceed 1815
RPMs.

I'm really excited to get the tractor running and use it as a general mower
around the acreage.  Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

My questions are as follows:

1. I'm not sure if the fuel was converted to all gas.  How do I know if I
need to use gas or distillate in the fuel tank?  How do I check to see if
the tractor was converted to all gas or if it has original factory setup?

2. I'm not sure what this tractor was all used for besides mowing, so what
parts can I expect to need attention?

3. I'm looking at purchasing some service manuals, what are the best manuals
out there?

4. Are there other good forums to register with?

Thanks,

Jerry Bossard
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