[Farmall] Farmall H Question

[Mark Weinheimer]

Another possibility is a vacuum leak at the carb/manifold connection or the
manifold itself.  I had that problem on the same C.  The bolt  that held
the carb to the manifold was stripped.  It ran ok at full bore, but would
die when it idled back.
-Mark


On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 6:35 AM, <szabelsk at gdls.com> wrote:

> My H is actually a distillate that was converted to gas. I did pick up a
> starter tank for it that I could pipe in. However the gas was fresh do I
> don't believe it's the culprit. That's why I pulled the carb to make sure
> it was working the way it should.
>
>
> Carl Szabelski
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> From:   <jtchall at nc.rr.com>
> To:     "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>,
> Date:   09/02/2014 05:07 PM
> Subject:        Re: [Farmall] Farmall H Question
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> 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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