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Farmall H wiring harness

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Craig T

01-07-2006 06:57:34




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I have a Farmall H I am restoring and I cant decide if I want to paint my new wiring harness or not. Do you guys have any feedback?




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RustyFarmall

01-07-2006 07:09:06




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 Re: Farmall H wiring harness in reply to Craig T, 01-07-2006 06:57:34  
If you want the H to look original, you will have to install the wiring harness and then paint the tractor, That's how IH did it on the assembly line. Personnaly I prefer to see the tractor painted first, and then the wiring installed. I like the detail you get when done that way.



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sgtbull

01-07-2006 07:08:42




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 Re: Farmall H wiring harness in reply to Craig T, 01-07-2006 06:57:34  
From what I've seen and read, they were painted.....along with virtually everything else on the tractor.



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Craig T

01-07-2006 07:16:21




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 Re: Farmall H wiring harness in reply to sgtbull, 01-07-2006 07:08:42  
I have also read that IH painted everything red on the tractor. However I have also heard people say tractors with unpainted wiring harnesses look nice. What do you think about that?



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Will- Tx.-Mn.

01-07-2006 07:23:34




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 Re: Farmall H wiring harness in reply to Craig T, 01-07-2006 07:16:21  
I think the un-painted harness will be excellent to see,quite a contrast also from all the red..

Also to work on your finished freshly painted sharp,pretty, tractor,with no dirt,and nicely painted,and installing the very last thing,the wiring harness,what a break from all that cleaning,repairing,and working in the dirt

~Will



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sgtbull

01-07-2006 11:33:08




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 Re: Farmall H wiring harness in reply to Will- Tx.-Mn., 01-07-2006 07:23:34  
I'd have to agree that unpainted does give a good contrast. I normally don't paint them myself...but, if you want it to be "correct" by how it was originally done, it would be painted. I have a friend who recently restored an HV, and did a remarkable job...he paid big bucks for a new wiring harness and really had a hard time painting it, (emotionally), but the finished product really looked cool.....it made it stand out as most people who do a ground up DON'T paint the wiring...so it was something different, and, as you can guess, generated a lot of conversation. I'm about to redo a 1940 H and I think I"ll paint the harness just to see how it comes out.....BOTTOM LINE...do it however makes YOU happy.... it's YOUR tractor. Too many people get hung up on how a tractor HAS to be to be "correct". You gotta remember, there were differences in tractors as they came off the line...the decals weren't always EXACTLY in the same place, there were runs in the paint, and maybe the bolt heads on an assembly were painted or maybe they weren't depending on sequence at the time...These things were meant to WORK, not be "pretty". (that being said I think I'll go out and wax my unstyled JD B after i remove the sheets and dust cover and turn up the heat....hehe) :) See how it looks unpainted...if you like, you can always paint it...its hard to take the paint off though once its on. You have to decide if Originality is your goal, or personal preferance.

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