Help with distributor

Hi all, I recently have gotten myself two h's and i have been working to restore one back to running condition. One i bought has terrible rubber on it, and rims rusted out, but brand new rebuilt engine. 2nd one is a 1948 i believe and it was restored with a 6 volt system, how ever the owner died and it was left outside in the rain.. eventually filling the engine to the top with water. Its a shame too because someone spend a lot of time and money to restore it. I swapped the good engine into the good restored tractor so far, and that's where I am now.

the 1946 tractor has a magneto on it from what i understand, and the 1948 has a distributor. I want to make sure I get the correct parts for it, so if anyone could give me any info on it that would be awesome. I am going to attach 2 pictures I have of numbers that i found on it. I believe it is the IH one and not the delco. I may convert it to electric ignition, i haven't really decided yet but would like to keep my options open. If anyone could tell me which of the 2 kits i'd need would be awesome too. thanks!


I think this is the kit i need.. http://www.yesterdaystractors.com/Farmall-H_Electronic-Ignition-Conversion-Kit-12V-Negative-Ground_1442.html
vs this one.. http://www.yesterdaystractors.com/Farmall-H_Electronic-Ignition-Conversion-Kit-12v-Negative-Ground_1142.html

apparently i cannot post pictures yet..


the numbers on the the piece below the rotor are 353900r1

and on the housing that connects to the front of the engine, 6237-DA

IF you convert it to 12 Volt Neg Ground, kit 1442 is the one for the IH distributor, the other is for a Delco.

If the dist is standing up its DELCO REMY The IH is laying down

IH distributor uses the part number 353900R1. Mag was original on that model but IH and others sold distributors to convert over.

Is it possible to see a picture of the Delco standing up? I am just curious to what it looks like installed on the tractor.

I do believe that I have a ih. Will i still be able to hand crank with electric ignition and 12 volt?

I have an H with a standing up IH distributor. Live pump has
been added. Standing up could be either IH or delco.

Here's a Delco, although not on an "H"....
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Here's your IH distributor... (The casting # you posted is of the DRIVE, a part that would be the same whether there was a mag or a distributor attached to it.)

<img src = "http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u125/27Grainfield/IH/H_zps052d5466.jpg">

And, yes, you can crank it, so long as the base timing is et correctly.

Looks like an IH dist to me.
Dennis

(quoted from post at 20:47:11 12/05/13) Looks like an IH dist to me.
Dennis

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Ordered my 12 volt kit and electric ignition today. Can't wait to hear her run again.