[Farmall] Farmall H Question

[jtchall at nc.rr.com]

I"m voting for water in the fuel. Ignition components should pattern 
themselves (fail after a set time) unless we are talking about a bare wire 
that is somehow getting moved around. Can you hook up an auxiliary fuel tank 
full of clean fuel (don't use the same fuel that you poured in the tractor 
tank in case that is the problem) to eliminate trash and fuel restrictions? 
We've got one off an old cement mixer for this purpose..

John Hall


-----Original Message----- 
From: E. John Puckett
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 1:05 PM
To: Farmall/IHC mailing list
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Farmall H Question

My first thoughts are the same thing that Mark mentioned, of some debris
in the gas tank, such as rust flakes, etc. getting over the top of the
fuel intake and blocking the fuel flow, then the vibration of cranking
the engine causing it to move off and allowing fuel to flow.  My second
thoughts are burned points, or a bad coil or condenser.  Also, do not
overlook the possibility of water in the fuel.  to check that keep a
small container on the tractor and as soon as it dies, drain a little
fuel from the carb inot it.  If there is water there it will be visible
in the container.  Also checking spark as soon as it dies will help tell
where the problem is.  another thing to do is loosen the fuel cap as
soon as it dies. If it starts immediately it is sealing and drawing a
vacuum in the tank.

On 9/2/2014 10:51 AM, szabelsk at gdls.com wrote:
> Looking for some input to an issue regarding my H.
>
> Lately the tractor has been dying after running for a while. Sometimes it
> runs for hours, and sometimes just a few minutes. Checked the fuel, and
> spark, both seem to be OK. Took the carb off and verified that the float
> wasn't sticking. Had spark at the distributor.
>
> .......
> Carl Szabelski
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