[Farmall] New Manifold for 1949H

[Charlie V]

I am not able to view your links because Picasaweb will not let me
unless I sign up for an account, which I do not wish to do.  Back in
the day before Central Tractor went bust and was taken over by Tractor
Supply, I bought an across the pond manifold from them (CT) for my
Farmall M.  The outlet opening of the original M manifold had the same
problem as does your H.  Upon examination, the only thing I could see
lacking on the overseas manifold were two small weep holes (about 1/8"
diameter) near the bottom and near each end.  That was easily fixed
with a 1i/8" drill bit.  The manifold has been on the tractor for
probably over 10 years and has not been any problem at all.  I should
add that the tractor never does any heavy work.

Charlie V.

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Tim Savelle <tim.savelle at gmail.com> wrote:
> *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*
> *
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