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sflem849

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To the guy with the Super H on eBay. Wow! You did a good job, but why did you restore a nice 350 into a Super H :lol:
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Seriously, it looks great. To anybody who didn't go to his photobucket site, DO IT!
Oh yeah, I have never seen one with the heat shield on the outside. Did you make it/get it made for you? Did you make your own heat deflector thing on the inside as well? (I assume that is why it is so shiny) A little info on that stuff would be awesome.

Here's the photobucket site
http://s441.photobucket.com/albums/qq140/disraeli10/1954%20Farmall%20Super%20H%20%20Distillate/?start=0
 
I apologize, I see yours is one of the few that still has one! Why does it have a big, normal looking carb? I don't know much about super Hs, but I thought dist tractors had a tall, skinny carb.

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Looks like a Super H factory equipped to burn distillate, Hence the heat shield, different (old style) carburetor, etc.

Incidentally only a few SH's were ever built to run on distillate.
 

The distillate carburetor is the same as the gasoline carburetor, but might have a slightly different main metering stem inside. The distillate fuel option was available for the 350 and 450 also.
 
My H (1944 w Dist option) has a carb like this. I just assumed the dist carbs were all this tall, skinny setup.
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H, 4 series tractors and power units are the only ones to use that type carb. pictured. M, Supers, 300,350,400 and 450 will all bolt in place of one another and are the same general size, though they differ in some mettering parts, idle adjusting screw locations and some in choke lever locations.
 
I learned something! Thanks Slater.

I guess I better go buy a 9 carb and throw it on my SMTA for some more fuel?!?
 
(quoted from post at 18:00:07 09/24/10) I learned something! Thanks Slater.

I guess I better go buy a 9 carb and throw it on my SMTA for some more fuel?!?
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From what I understand, the 9 carburetor has a larger, deeper fuel bowl, so if your SMTA is just flat running out of fuel on a hard pull, the bowl from the 9 carb. might help. I have no personal experience with this.
 
Thanks for the compliment. As has been said, the SH in distillate is rare. The serial number has suffix "AJ". The "A" signifies distillate. I was fortunate that the heat shield was still on the tractor and I found the NOS cast iron heat valve through a posting I listed in the classifieds on this site. I have countless hours in the manifold alone, getting the frozen remains of the original valve out etc. I am certain that I have if not the only, one of a very few working SH distillate manifolds in existence. There are probably a number of H dual fuels out there but the flange for the carb on the SH is larger to accept the larger carb. The heat valve is the same for H OR SH. The differences in the distillate carb are all in the lower bowl section. The top half is the same, gas or distillate. The air bleed and seat for the main adjustment needle are different as well as the distillate having a draincock instead of a plug on the bottom. Thanks for looking.
 
What do you use of today's (21st century timeframe) fuels when running on the distillate side? Is there something that equates to a low octane inexpensive fuel still being produced to utilize the features of your tractor or is kerosene the fuel used when running on distillate? Just curious and you certainly have a beautiful and nicely restored SH, Hal.
 
The salvage manifold I bought was useless. I didn't realize the surface face was ruined. Before we knew that we tried to free the valve with no luck. Ended up destroying it pretty much. So we fixed up the one that was on the H. We welded a new handle on the selector valve which doesn't move unfortunately. But, it's just cosmetic anyway. The heatshield is being worked on, and maybe after my deployment I'll be able to continue moving forward with it.

Right now I'm about half way through your photo album and I'm just amazed! I wish you lived close to me! :lol:
 
Mike, I did like most and tried to free mine up first. Soaked it in everything know to man, chipped and tapped but no luck. Finally I clamped it up and used an end mill to remove it. I was considering making a new one out of bar stock since I had enough of the original left to copy the cross section but then I found the NOS valve. Glad you're enjoying the photos.
 
Maybe you can mix diesel and gas 50/50 and run it on that :)

I think you should start making heat shields for everybody else! You have the only original that I have ever seen. Maybe OEM could "duplicate" it for us.
 
No, I've seen quite a few orginal heat shields. They were taken off years ago and tossed in barns. Glennster is fixing mine up right now. It's the manifolds that are rare, and working ones are even rarer.
 
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