Posted by Mike CA on December 09, 2007 at 10:42:49 from (70.136.38.118):
In Reply to: DANGIT!! posted by Mike CA on December 07, 2007 at 18:16:22:
GordoSD said: Mike, Look at all the great tractor restorations and you will see that all the instruments have been replaced with shiny bright NEW items. New wiring, new brass nuts, every detail clean and new looking. There's no way to get around buying a ton of new parts for that H.
But...you don't have to do it all before you get it running. I assume you have the radiator all repaired and replaced and are ready to fire it up?
Just put the plug in and don't worry for now. I have never seen an H with a good stat, clean radiator and good pump overheat.
Put a new temp gauge on your Christmas list.All of us on this list have one thing on our list, that's a picture of you driving the H!
Gordo
I just got the radiator off yesterday. I'm taking it to the shop this week for an estimate.
Yes, I'll be buying all new gauges eventually, but I was led to believe that it would be phenomenally stupid to not have a temp gauge on a tractor engine I know nothing about. So, I was going to make due with a temporary fill-in.
I wish I could fulfill that Christmas wish, but it's not going to happen before then. But progress is progress. At least it's not sitting idle.
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