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Questions about getting Grandpa's H to start


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Posted by dstates on May 19, 2012 at 10:33:17 from (173.27.246.62):

My Grandpa passed away earlier this year. He was a great man. He was 95 years old, still at home. He was a WWII vet, oil company worker (in the 50's) and farmer.. He was someone you could always count on to be there and to help.

Well, I'm going to try to fix up his Farmall H. I've been researching H's for a while, but this will still be my first go at something like this. Anyway, we need to haul it 300 miles to get it to my place, but before we do that I want to get it running. Hopefully going to his place a day before we want to haul it will be enough time to get it going.

My dad (his son-in-law) was at his place the other day and drained out the old fuel and put in some fresh gas. He also put a 12V battery on it (I think it is still 6V, but he didn't check and just put a 12V on it). It turned over but didn't fire. I plan on being there this coming weekend with a 6V to put in it. Is there any chance a 12V would have damaged anything?

I plan on putting the new battery and new spark plugs in, clean out the sediment bowl and then try to get it started. Anything else I should do before we try to get it started? I figure I'll deal with an oil change when I get it home. Will I need to polarize the generator?

Dad said the radiator was empty. Do I just use 50/50 antifreeze?

Well, I guess I'll stop with the questions. Below are some pictures from about a year ago.



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