Folks, obviously from the title, my 44 H is finally running. This post will be long, but I need to first direct the attention towards the gentleman that drove 45 minutes to help me out. His name is Stan (I will leave out last name for privacy, just in case). Once we started working on the tractor I was instantly humbled in his presence due to the fact that he knew a lot about Farmall's, advanced electronics, and of course motors.He had read every post that I have made for the last 4-5 months, and I suggested that we start from square one. So we did. The cylinders (Low Compression Head, and Manifold) 1-3 were at 95 lbs, and the #4 cylinder was at 90 roughly. So that was good. We set TDC with valve cover off, and the pointer was pointing at the first of the double notches. Then he set the dist, (unfortunately I did not get to see this part, so that I could duplicate the process), however, he said that I had it out by 180 degrees. All the wiring was perfect, reinstalled the Carb. So I choked it and hit the starter button, and wouldn't you know it, it fired right up like it never had a problem before. We retarded the dist slightly, and this brought the RPM's to about 700 at low throtle, and about 1600 at full throtle. The main problem turned out to be fuel. The carb was clean because I rebuilt it, I flushed out the fuel lines, and a new filter. The screen was even clean in the sediment bowl, and the fuel tank was pretty clean. So we were not getting a decent flow to the Carb. The little inlet between the fuel bowl screen and the tank had sediment in it and this kept slowing the fuel. So we took my new compressor and blew the lines out again from the Carb side, and this really improved fuel flow. Unfortunately, when we did this the fuel cap was off the tank and the pressure blew fuel out the top of the tank all over me. (Funny Part). Stan was trying to fine tune the Carb, but since we were having sediment issues in the bowl it was tough to accomplish this. Needless to say, when the tractor fired up the first time I could not contain the large smile that was brewing across my face. The sensation that I felt at that very moment is why I am getting into this new hobby of tractors, especially Farmall's.
I want to again thank Stan and two of his 4 kids for coming out and helping me with my 44 H. My next move is to clean out the gas tank and alleviate the fuel pressure issues. After that, I plan on Pulling the front end loader off and putting it into my paint shop area. I want to get this project under way. This has reinvigorated me into tackling this project once again. Thanks to everyone on here that has helped me, MagMan, NebraskaCowman, Allen, CNKS, etc. I am sure I will have more questions later on but for right now I am happy.
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