1940 Farmall H Drive

[T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,496]

I made a compilation video of my 1940 Farmall H.  This was the first Saturday in February of this year, a few days before we got a couple of winter storms that drop 7 to 8 inches of snow and sub-zero weather.  It was cool this day, but still a nice day for February.  It's a bit long at 9 plus minutes with some boring segments of me driving it a fair distance from the camera.  And it still has the small pony tank - I still haven't clean and seal the gas tank for it yet.  The hood is just siting on it, and as you can tell, the tractor needs a good cleaning and paint.

 

 

[cschannuth 3,816]

It purrs like a kitten. 

[seuadr 488]

heh. i read this as farmall "h drive" and was like - i don't think i've ever heard of that.. what is H drive? then i realized... 

[pfrederi 17,739]

You mentioned pony tank Was she originalyl a distillate tractor and had the small gas tank for starting/shutting down???

[ebinmaine 67,483]

11 hours ago, cschannuth said:

It purrs like a kitten. 

Agreed. 

Runs nice. 

[T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,496]

17 hours ago, pfrederi said:

You mentioned pony tank Was she originalyl a distillate tractor and had the small gas tank for starting/shutting down???

No, it has always been gas.  The original tank is a bit rusty on the inside, so it's off, in my shed awaiting rust removal and sealing.  I have a small 2 gallon or so tank from a lawn tractor sitting on and in between a wood structure to keep it in place, that the tractor is running off of.  I have driven this tractor now quite a few times with this little pony tank - and it does run good.  But I will have to buy a carb rebuild kit as the choke mechanism is loose and may allow the tractor to choke itself if it vibrates too much.  Also, the choke rod itself needs replacing - someone has the one on it a bit bent out of shape.  Good thing JP Tractor Salvage isn't too far away from me.