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TMonton

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This is my grandfathers 1945 H that he had bought brand new and my father drove it home.

Time of course had passed and so have both my grandfather and father... and this what they had left behind.

Today at 4:30"ish EDT I did get the old H to fire up and she run for the first time in 10 or so years.

Looking a little faded but there was a red tractor under all that crud. She burns a little oil when starting up but considering ... she "is" old enough to smoke. Once warmed up it soon turns to clear exhaust

I feel I did good today because I was able to at least put a heart beat back into her. I about wet my pants when started up the first time. *lol*
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Good for you, and yes, these old girls are hard to "kill". Clean fuel, clean oil, and a half decent ignition system, and they will run and run and run. Keep up the pictures as you go.

You can't put a price on family memories or posessions.
 
Glad you've kept the old girl. I feel the same when I start up the 1952 "H" that my Grandfather bought new the year before I was born. I need new rims on the back (Calcium's killed them), but I can always get her to fire right up with a little tinkering. I hope you find the means and the time to polish her up. Real satisfying!
 
I did tinker with this for about a year.

The rims were a little pricey but the original rims were shot. I did not reload the rears 'yet' .. I'll do that on another day.

The system is 6 volt positive ground yet because I wanted to bring things up in their default state before getting too creative. I did replace the ignition system plugs/wires/points/ and cap. I was impressed that the generator was even pushing a charge back.

I rebuilt the carburetor, fuel delivery and intake stuff. A new filter and some fresh oil and then turn around to fix a few leaks here and there.

A 6 volt battery and a bunch of engine cleaner later .. I was ready to push the button.

I was adding this up in my head today in fact and I think I am at the 1000 dollar mark already to include the gaskets and other various hardware stuff.
 
I know that feeling!

Keep at it.Make it all it can be!


There aint NO WAY you could ever make me sell that tractor to anybody !!!!

You still got the hood for it ???
 
If you decide to paint it and restore it, put a memorial on the side. This is the one I did for my son when he passed at age 15. This was my great grandfathers tractor that he wanted to restore at age 14. Needless to say I bought it and didn't care what it cost me.
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The oil burning may go away once you run it for a while. I have my dads H, and it is getting cleaner now that I am running it more. Have fun with it.
 
Interesting you should be saying all this my friend. I remember being 15 years old and scraping the oil cake crude off this very same tractor thinking " I would really like to restore this the right way for Grandpa".


Now here I am 54 years old and just getting to it. Here too are all the questions like ..why ? .. what for ? .. because it's been good medicine. Just the long lost memories that have come trickling back doing what little I have, has been well worth the price of admission and any effort on my behalf.

Something about a career and raising a family that takes up a LOT of time. Life just gets really busy sometimes. I think I must be on the recovery from the 'empty next syndrome' and focused a lot of that energy into an old tractor.

My heart goes out to you on your son ... I couldn't even begin to imagine how tough that must be. Keep the faith.
 
Not only are we just a few miles apart, I too have my grandpa's 1949 H. He too bought it new from Hill Impliment in Danville. I have some original paperwork on the tractor. I also plan on a complete restoration. Mne does run and runs well.

I love hearing these stories.

Good Luck!
 
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