Re: radiator shutters???What do you think?

Posted by 43redH on August 30, 2001 at 16:02:03 from (128.242.4.59):

In Reply to: radiator shutters???What do you think? posted by Bill Smith on August 28, 2001 at 21:34:08:

I have sure noticed the lack of shutters as well as other things on these tractors. I recently restored a 43 H back to fabulas shape for keep sake for future generations. I started with a pretty straight tractor but it was missing several items. While going through several salvage yards I found that shutters were the most difficult item to find. After searching high and low I found a set in an automobile salvage yard that happened to have a couple of old tractors. After finding all the parts I needed the fun part was putting the old H back together doing a ground to muffler, hand crank to draw bar tear down and restoration making an H as complete as possible. It has all the extras now. Steel wheels, finders, shutters, duel gas tank and lines, distillate burning manifold, belt pulley, hydraulics, swinging draw bar, hand crank, owners manuel, and the whole ball of wax. I will have to agree with you Bill on tractors at shows and not being complete. I have been to several shows but haven't showed my H. When I assembled it I put it together with storing it in mind. I put a thin coat of thin grease on internal parts to prevent rust and prelubed all bearings and put grease on the seals so they wouldn't be as apt to dry out. Upon completion the tractor was not filled with fluids and has not even fired one lick. It is stored in the corner of my machine shed and without a battery since a battery won't keep well when tractor's are stored. Maybe 10 or 20 years down the road I will stick a battery in and fill with fluids and drive it out of the shed for the first time. Just like it came out of the factory in 1943 (but with all the extras). Maybe by then it will be like you said (like firing up an old steam engine). It will be really fun someday to put those painted red steel lugs into the dirt for the first time since the restoration and try out all the features including those rare shutters. I hope you find a complete set. Just keep looking and keep those eyes open. You seem pretty observant and I'm sure you'll find a set.

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