[Farmall] Farmall H Ignition Issue

[Charlie V]

Thank you for the update, Carl.  That is good news.  Speaking of
ignition points in a Farmall H, I worked on a dairy farm in the late
1950's.  The owners operated on a "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"
system.  One day Bob walked into the barn and dropped a set of points
in my hand and asked if I thought they would cause the H to quit
running.  The moving point was completely missing with the point arm
burned off just before where the point would have been.  I agreed that
could be a problem.  It all makes one wonder how the old girl ran as
long as it did.

Charlie V.

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 8:41 AM,  <szabelsk at gdls.com> wrote:
> Just to bring those that responded last week about the correct coil for
> use on my H.
>
> Went to NAPA and got the IC64 ignition coil ( thanks again Charlie for the
> leg work). Installed it without any external resistor and tried to start
> the H. Nothing, but that's what I kind of expected since I already figured
> it would need more than just the new coil.
>
> Removed the distributor cap and noticed a lot of moisture on the internal
> cap surface, as well as on the rotor and dust cover. Lots of corrosion on
> all the contact surfaces. Had a little issue with getting the dust cover
> off, seemed to be rusted in place. Some light tapping along the edges and
> it finally loosened up to were I could pull it out. Points were pretty
> much burned beyond a simple cleaning up with a point file. It looks like
> they weren't properly mating squarely and were burned off center. Small
> amount of rusty dust on the bottom of the distributor housing.
>
> Cleaned out the rust and gave everything a quick spray with carb cleaner
> to remove any dust, dirt, and old grease. Wiped it all down and put in the
> new points and condenser. The gaskets on the dust cover were pretty much
> dry, so I greased them up at the same time I greased to lobes an the
> distributor shaft and the pad on the points. Put it all back together with
> a new distributor cap.
>
> First start attempt didn't sound promising, then I remembered to that I
> should probably let the engine have some gas. Pulled back on the throttle,
> hit the starter switch, and it started right up.
>
> Ran fine all Saturday and Sunday, starting right up every time I hit the
> start switch. So that issue is apparently behind me. Going to replace some
> of the wiring first chance I get since I noticed a couple of places were
> the insulation seems to be breaking down.
>
> Next issue is see why the charging system doesn't seem to be doing it's
> job as good as it should. I had to adjusted the belt once already last
> spring, hopefully I just need a new belt. Might just take the generator
> off and see if Autozone can check it out. I'll have to see if I can figure
> out what model it is, maybe it needs new brushes. Hopefully the Delco Remy
> tag is still on it. I'll also give the wiring at the regulator a good
> going over.
>
> Thanks again to all those that posted.
>
> Carl Szabelski
>
>
>
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