'44 H Serial Number Suffix

Minnesotan H · May 26, 2009

I have a '44 H according to the serial numbers. The number is FBH 17032. What does the FBH stand for? I understand that the X was a gas only model. Mine does have the "hole" in the tank. Was that for distallate or something?

Red Mist · May 26, 2009

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Red Mist · May 26, 2009

"FBH" means it is a Farmall H. "X" does not mean it is a gas only model. ("X" by itself does not mean anything.) "X1" means gasoline only. There are "X1's, X3's, X5's, etc." - all meaning different things.

CNKS · May 26, 2009

Your tractor was originally made to run on kerosene or distillate, will run fine on gas. FBH is the designation for an H, nothing more. 17032 is a 1940, you probably left of a digit as 170000, etc is a 1944.

Andy Motteberg · May 26, 2009

FBH means its a Farmall H. M was FBK.

D Slater · May 26, 2009

IH didn't start putting suffix codes on H tractors until tractor serial # 20891. So if the serial # you posted is correct it never had one.
If the engine has the original cylinder head, the # on the head would tell what fuel it was originaly equiped to use.

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