Re: Need Some Advice on Starting an Old H

Posted by Bill Smith on May 20, 2001 at 20:22:52 from (128.242.4.59):

In Reply to: Need Some Advice on Starting an Old H posted by Bama Red on May 20, 2001 at 18:05:41:

Sounds like Bob M has a pretty good set of steps to follow. I've just a few things to add. If you use the same oil, which chances are you won't, make sure there is no water in it. Do this by loosening oil drain plug enough so that liquid begins to drip. Water always settles to the bottom of the oil so if oil comes out and not water you are good to go. If it has water in it make sure it is not coming from cooling system. If so I would advise you to fix it before doing any engine running. I would advise you to drain all the existing fuel and add new gas to the bigger tank. You can only burn distillate fuel if you have two functional tanks. I have one of these myself and always just run it on gas in the bigger tank. If your float sticks in the carb that must be fixed. Sometimes they stick open and sometimes closed. If it sticks open gas will usually start dripping out of carb shortly after turning gas valve on. If this happens and you actually get tractor started it will soon flood out. Also make sure there are no stuck valves before turning engine over. If a valve is stuck far enough open and you turn engine over you could cause damage. I would check this by cranking engine over slowly with hand crank making sure there are no hang ups and then again after you put plugs in making sure there is compression on each cylinder then you know there are no stuck valves. I have been fortunate enough to get a few tractors like this started with little trouble. I hope you have good luck.

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