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Farmall H won't run correctly.

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Plow Man

12-30-2000 16:09:33




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I am having troubles with my 49 Farmall H. We have had below zero weather for the past 3 weeks, but I used it for hauling corn about 1-2 weeks ago, and the engine ran very smooth. And when I came back to use it a few days ago, the darn thing would not run correctly. It would run hard (on what sounded like just 2 pistons, for 3 seconds then it would quit. I kept using the choke on it when it was going to quit, and she started back to the 2 piston sound again. And then just today I cleaned the spark plugs up then she started up but still quit after 3 seconds. It seems like the carburator would like to flood by itself, and I didn't even use the choke when cranking the engine. I had a little propane heater pointed at the tractor to warm it up, it helped a little, but the H would still not run smoothly. It did run a little smoothly here and there, but still quit after 3 seconds, and I still needed the choke to keep it going. I checked for ice in the fuel tank: no ice in it, I checked the line: no ice either. The way the engine sounded, it sounded like it had dirt in the carburator, or maybe ice I don't really know,and that is what I need help with, so if you now anything about this kind of situation please email me. Thank you.

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Dick N.

01-05-2001 12:41:17




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 Re: Farmall H won't run correctly. in reply to Plow Man, 12-30-2000 16:09:33  
In sub zero weather a lot of H will run on 2 or 3 until they get warmed up. If the main jet is set right you have to used the choke for a while. It is possible to have ice in the bottom of the carb. An old trick is to pour very hot water on the carb bebore you try to start it.



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John Ne.

01-01-2001 08:12:46




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 Re: Farmall H won't run correctly. in reply to Plow Man, 12-30-2000 16:09:33  
A couple of things to check, be sure the inside the distributor cap is dry, have seen frost form on the inside. The M farmalls I used to use farming would get frost on the manifold during a heavy pull, buty only when it was around zero outside. It would actually freeze the throttle plate closed, and the governor couldn't open it any further. Choking the engine down to an idle with no power. If the engine was hot it was necessary to shut it down and let the manifold heat travel down and remove the frost. It seemed to only happen when the humidity and temp was just so. Heard of one neighbor that ran a small steel tube from the muffler base down to the top of the carb mount to direct a blast of heat on that area to prevent this, he used his M to feed cattle with and didn't want to fuss with it to keep it running.

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Karl Bader

12-30-2000 21:38:30




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 Re: Farmall H won't run correctly. in reply to Plow Man, 12-30-2000 16:09:33  
Why don't you try posting it on the Farmall IHC board. Not many farmall enthusiasts will see it here on Implement alley.

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Karl



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