[Farmall] New Manifold for 1949H

Kevin Bish krsky at windstream.net
Sat Jul 14 05:12:31 PDT 2012


I can get you a manifold for your H. Give me a call or email us. You can go 
to our website to get our contact information. Kevin at dayton Tractor 
Parts. Dayton,PA.  website is www.daytontractorparts.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gwinn, John J (GE Transportation)" <john.J.gwinn at ge.com>
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] New Manifold for 1949H


> Tim,
> I took a look at both manifolds and read the emails.  The slot cuts are 
> genuine and part of the design.  The slots I'm referring to are where bolt 
> holes 2 and 5 occur counting them from left to right.  Very thick washers 
> are to be used in these two locations to allow for thermal contraction. 
> The other four nut locations get no washers.  All six manifold nuts are of 
> a special type in that they're "long"...about 1.5X the height of standard 
> nuts.  The necessary two thick washers are of a smaller OD than standard 
> washers too.  Perhaps, the seller would include the correct washers and 
> nuts for the manifold if you need them.  You will need manifold to block 
> and manifold to carburetor gaskets too.  I would take a chance on the less 
> expensive of the two.
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: farmall-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com 
> [mailto:farmall-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Tim 
> Savelle
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 7:47 AM
> To: Farmall/IHC mailing list
> Subject: Re: [Farmall] New Manifold for 1949H
>
> *Jim,*
> *
> *
> *I found the painted manifold at farmallparts.com.  It appeared to me that 
> the cheaper one, the unpainted one, might not be cast iron.  What do you
> think?   I'm also curious, and a little concerned, about the slots cut
> through the flange bolt holes in the cheaper one.  For heat expansion 
> perhaps?  I didn't think casting expands/contracts with changes in 
> temperature.  Below are the photo links again.*
> *
> *
> *Thanks,*
> *Tim*
>
> *
> www.picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/rzoM7CiokM89QfE3klicT9MTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
>
> www.picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_8iRQToJBc_4Gp7aiD_ag9MTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
> *
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 11:58 PM, Jim Becker <jim.becker at verizon.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> Where did you find that manifold for $240?  Every place I found it, it
>> was under $150.  I think the second one looks like the original, even
>> has a part number and logo.
>>
>> The hole is for a vacuum line, is usually plugged.
>> Jim Becker
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tim Savelle
>> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 9:40 PM
>> To: Farmall/IHC mailing list
>> Subject: [Farmall] New Manifold for 1949H
>>
>> *My exhaust pipe recently broke off the manifold on my 1949 H (someone
>> had done a poor job of welding it on).  I made a "chaser" pipe as
>> someone suggested in an earlier email, but I couldn't get the threads to 
>> catch.
>> Manifold threads are just too full of carbon and krud.  So I took it
>> to a machine shop (the entire tractor) and they tried to tap it with a 2" 
>> tap.
>> The manifold threads completely disintegrated when the tap threads
>> started cutting.  Looks like I'm faced with purchasing a new manifold
>> (I don't know of a junker H around here I can get one off of).*
>> *
>> *
>> *I found two on different websites.  One appears to be stock and painted.
>> $239.00.  The other one is a lot cheaper.  $154.90.  Below are links
>> to picasa images of both.  Prices are captions below the images.*
>> *
>> *
>> *Thoughts anyone?  I obviously want to save money, but want a quality
>> part as well.  By the way, in the cheaper one, why is there a hole in
>> the carburetor pipe?*
>> *
>> *
>> *Thanks,*
>> *Tim*
>> *
>> *
>> *
>>
>> www.picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/rzoM7CiokM89QfE3klicT9MTjNZETYmyPJy0
>> liipFm0?feat=directlink
>>
>>
>> www.picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_8iRQToJBc_4Gp7aiD_ag9MTjNZETYmyPJy0
>> liipFm0?feat=directlink
>> *
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