Info and Driving JD H

[@bobjones4457]

My memories are of swinging your leg up over the seat and sitting down in a puddle of ice cold water. Notice your seat has holes for draining but we had a sold seat. Every winter you'd forget and end up with wet britches. Cold mornings in Flagstaff, Arizona and the tractor was the only thing that would start and we used it to pull the car and pickup to start them.

[@briangodfrey7424]

Even with the holes it does not drain fully, plus being steel the morning condensation can get pretty heavy.

[@michaelaversa5572]

I have a 41 H. I just use regular unleaded from the pump. Runs great. Tried that fancy expensive gas once and had the same fits you experienced. As they say, "go with what you know"

[@davidhood5269]

Great memories. I owned a H in Late 1970’s like your’s and one day I did some tinkering on it and after it would not start. Finally I contacted an “old timer” and self proclaimed John Deere expert and he came over to help me figure out what needed to be done to start the tractor. He determined there was no spark and took off the magneto cover and out fell the rotor. Needless to say the young frustrated whippersnapper(me) was rather embarrassed but the old gentleman never rubbed it in and I learned a valuable lesson.

[@coilmotorworks]

Kerosene is a heavier, higher BTU fuel that actually burns at a higher temperature. The curtains or shutters on the radiator were to help raise the temperature as the fuel does not like to burn at lower temperatures. Once hot the shutter can be opened. As the tractor will not start on the heavy fuel that is why the small tank was provided for gasoline. The only way these tractors run well on the heavy fuel is under load. They do not idle well on heavy fuel. Just driving around is not a big enough load to run hot enough to burn the heavy fuel.

[@lostinspace280]

Thank you, as owning a JD/model BO for about 5 hours this helps me a lot.

[@saqibnawaz5139]

Vry wonderful tutorial of jd41 H vry simplistic resilient 2cylinder engine great coolant sytem lacking waterpump one less part to worry about & option of kerosene & gasoline for easy starting in cold temps vry great gem of jd41mdl H

[@howardmaclachlan5517]

Good video....I have a ''39'' and a ''41''.....We had a small strawberry farm when I was a kid and now that I am retired I bought two and restored them and drive them around every now and then....both are hand start.

[@dvdosterloh]

neighbor was 6ft 4 and all legs. He used to stand on the platform of his model b and use his foot to roll the flywheel and start it.

[@gregcalhoun6966]

thanks for the video brings back memories of my grandparents farm they a h for the tabbaco fields and a jd b

[@Rebel9668]

We always had the back tanks hooked up on ours when I was a kid. We used them as a reserve in case we ran out of fuel in the field in the main tank we'd use the "reserve" tank to get us back up to the barn where we kept our fuel supply at. We had a styled '39 "A" and a styled '41 "H". Both of ours had 6v batteries in them though the one on the "A" was usually dead and we always had to hand crank it. Since it's flywheel was set up for electric start it had no groove on the back for your fingers, just teeth for the starter to grab onto so hand starting it could be a bear, lol. This was back in the 1980's and we were still using ours on a nearly daily basis. We did restore the "A" and painted and decalled it along with restoring the hydraulic pump in it and added a 3 point hitch to it. We lived on hilly land so we also welded heavy angle iron and chain to the nose of both and attached keg sized barrels filled with sand and scrap iron to add a little more weight so it wasn't as likely to popa wheelie on the hills, but sometimes even that wasn't enough. It then became a two man job with me usually sitting on the nose end while my Pappy drove. That really only happened when we were bailing hay with our baler being nearly as old. It was made by Roanoke but it was ages newer than our mowing machine or our rake which were originally both horse drawn and had been converted to be pulled by the "H". We always got the job done though. I was almost never allowed to mow the hay as I had a tendency to use too much throttle and break the wood pittman arm on the mowing machine, lol. Your "H" looks very nice and I wish we had fixed ours up like we did our "A", but in the end they were both still workhorses on our farm so I guess looks didn't really have much of a role in how they performed. We always bought our gas at the Co-Op back then as you could still get leaded gas there clear up till about 1989. Nowadays there's a Countrymark gas station about 6 miles away that sells 100% gasoline and I use it in all my small engines like the riding mower, pressure washer, etc.

[@johnpaulperro]

Great video! This was the first tractor I learned to drive when I was a little taller than knee high. We use to pull logs out for firewood with it. The clutch on ours was too stiff for me as a kid so I use to drive the tractor with one foot on the clutch, holding in place. Later on when it got fully restored that problem got fixed. Great little tractor that was easy to work on and dependable. We sold our H and got project JD 40 Crawler.

[@patrickmcgowan2445]

😂😂😂❤

[@loganoldon8924]

There is a lead additive to add to the fuel. Used to be sold at a cenex gas station. Combustion motors were strange like that back then. Also 9170 case IH has the same cap for the fuel tank

[@mksonmor]

Great video. I use the rear tank for a get home tank. I use regular unleaded gas since it is a multi fuel. I have a 44 b with electric start. They are great tactors.

[@StevenCouncell]

I farmed with a 1941 H when I was a boy in the 1970s. The hydraulic and PTO were optional features in 1941 and I don't remember when they became standard. I assume whatever year electric start became standard. One thing you mentioned doing that I strongly discourage is using the hand clutch as a brake for the tractor. The cam that throws the clutch in and out is only held by a (very poor design) thin snap ring. If the brake pad is new you are safe for a short while, but as the pad wears down using the hand clutch as a brake begins to pound on that snap ring and as I found out the hard way it does not take much at all for that snap ring to break and then you have no clutch or clutch brake. I was lucky and I stalled the tractor out before running through the side of the barn when the snap ring broke. The model H and Model B tractors were notorious for snap rings breaking.

[@jamesolson9423]

The height of the rear tires is 9 + 9 + 32 = 50 inches. In the old days a that is designated as 9 inch's wide, also has a 9 inch side wall.

[@CowboyNation1977]

I have the same experience with my poppers. I run premium pump gas you get anywhere with a mix of Lucas upper cylinder lubricant. If I take it to a farm stock pull or working it hard like Bush hogging I may use octane booster.

[@ronpahoulis9508]

I had a model H 1943 along with the original owner booklet and a sickle mower attached. It was stolen in Oregon and has not been recovered. I bought it because my gramps had a model H when I was a kid Exited to find it and very sad to lose it.

[@justtinkering6054]

That’s a real bummer. If you have the serial number, you might find someone keeping a registry of John Deere tractors. It may pop up one day.

[@ronpahoulis9508]

@@justtinkering6054 First thing I looked at was the owner book. No serial number in there. I never thought of taking the serial number down cause I was in the process of restoring it and exited to have it. Anyway thanks for the reply there is certainly a network of Jonny Popper lovers.

[@kennycriswell141]

The belt pulley brake is not a tractor break. Its for stopping the belt pully nothing else.

[@jonreynolds6248]

My H is giving me fits at the moment. Kind of a neat one, though. Very low post-war serial on it. Think it might even be a 1945. Haven't tested the mag, but there's only so much that can go wrong on an old Popper. Yours looks better than mine! Thanks for the vid -

[@justtinkering6054]

A new condenser can really wake up a mag. Napa still carries the condenser. I’m glad you liked the video. If you end up having timing troubles, check my other videos where I set the timing on an unstyled model B using a timing light.

[@danapicray9040]

The twist in the belt actually keep the belt on the pulleys

[@stephenrowland818]

Enjoyed your video on your H. Still, in all my years on the farm driving either a B or 50 I was cautioned about using the clutch and pulley as a brake. Using your method why even have brakes on your popper? I presently own a 52 60 and have instructed my sons the difference between tractor brakes and the pulley brake. Different strokes for different folks eh! I did enjoy learning about your H. Be well.

[@NEAFarmKid4010]

You are correct, the Pulley Brake was never meant to stop the tractor. Biggest thing with the H I have is that it goes so slow, pulling the clutch back almost will hold the tractor by itself if its in gear for some reason. This could have something to do with it being driven off the camshaft as opposed to the crank, but I'm not sure. However, you are correct.

[@kenfarmer3266]

I use 100% gas in all my small engines and older gas tractors, have for many years and never had any trouble with any of the engines fuel systems

[@thesmallenginekid]

There was another company that made a 2 cylinder horizontal tractor very similar to the A. I forget the name but it was in a GreenMagazine article from a few moths ago.

[@kuiperroerdink1670]

The 100% gas is better for the tractors. The poor running issue is probably more of an octane issue than an ethanol issue. The spark timing is probably set for higher octane fuels. If you were to try high octane 100% gas (very hard to find) they would probably run great. I could be wrong though

[@kennycriswell141]

You also failed to mention that the belt pully runs backward on the model H and why.

[@gregoryhineline3879]

Ya The most interesting thing about the model H and nobody seems to know it. I’m not gonna tell them!😂

[@hoacha1]

Good description. Thanks

[@jamesolson9423]

The John Deere H was replaced by the model M in 1947.

[@jamesolson9423]

The model H was manufactured from 1939 to 1946, and was replaced by the model M in 1947.

[@nolanbollenbacher609]

I have a question I have a 1948 John Deere b that is suddenly hard to start and I realized the sediment bowl when shut off leaks some gas so even if I drain the float bowl I come back later and it’s full again and there is gas in my cylinders when trying to start cold that be the reason?

[@justtinkering6054]

If there is gas in the cylinders, you have a problem with the carburetor. Either the carburetor float isn't floating correctly or the needle and seat are not sealing. Check to be sure there isn't gas getting into the crankcase and diluting your oil. I recently worked on a john Deere H with a leaky carb. It would fill the cylinders and when I'd spin the flywheel, it would push gas past the piston rings into the crankcase. After I fixed the problem with the carburetor, I changed the engine oil and it runs great again.

[@nolanbollenbacher609]

@@justtinkering6054 ok thank you but another thing is I adjusted the valves to what the manual says and people on KZbin and they were all different than each other and after I did that it seemed hard to start so I checked all the valves again to double check but they are all the same and set right

[@duncanwatson7297]

I wonder if a baker fan or another belt driven load would be a way to set the carb under load by yourself. Rather than upsetting the neighbour's wife by running over her husband and plowing him under, LOL. Other than that it was a very well made, informative and entertaining movie. May inspire me to go start the H. Thank you.

[@mksonmor]

The rear tank on my b is used for my get home tank when I run out of gas. The clutch handle is used to stop the clutch pulley. The brakes are used to break the tractor. Otherwise JD would not install breaks. Lol

[@justtinkering6054]

Great idea!

[@1ericcoop]

We just bought a model H from a friend. Would you know how I could get an exact year model of mine?

[@justtinkering6054]

The aluminum tag should be pinned to the case at about 11:00 behind and above the flywheel. Serial number is on that tag. If the tag is gone, as many are, I’m not sure you could tell the exact year. If you are lucky enough to find the serial number, go to tractordata.com and reference the chart for year produced.

[@StevenCouncell]

If you are looking for parts, except for a very few parts, all H model are interchangeable from 1939 to 1947.

[@tomchrisfield7348]

How many JD "H''s" were built. ? When I was a child, the neighbor farm had one, the only one I've ever seen. There was "IH" "H''s" everywhere, but no JD's.

[@justtinkering6054]

From 1939 to 1947, there were 58,584 total John Deere H produced. Compared to Farmall H, which produced 391,227 from 1939 to 1953. Add another 28,784 Farmall Super H in 1953 and 1954. There were over 7 times more Farmall H than John Deere H.

[@tomchrisfield7348]

@@justtinkering6054 thanks for the info. I didn't know how scarce they were.

[@briandietrich1373]

I wonder why they had hand clutches?

[@StevenCouncell]

Belt driven farm equipment was still in wide use up to the early to mid 1950's.

[@briandietrich1373]

Holy cow....

[@JohnSmith-fs4dx]

I'm looking for a flywheel for a hand start John Deere H (1943). If anyone has one please let me know. Thank you.

[@justtinkering6054]

Check Dengler Tractor in Middletown, Ohio. They sell a lot of used John Deere parts. They are good folks.

[@JohnSmith-fs4dx]

Thank you@@justtinkering6054 . Will do.

[@larryfrahm1234]

How do you adjust the brakes on it?

[@justtinkering6054]

@@larryfrahm1234 sorry but I never adjusted the brakes on it. I sold the tractor a few years back.

[@edwardevans4144]

Why is there know rear fenders

[@justtinkering6054]

Don't see fenders on too many of them.

[@quagmyr101]

My question is: what is the small pedal for on the right side next to the clutch pulley?

[@justtinkering6054]

Foot throttle. Mine tended to get stuck wide open. Scared me the first time it happened. I sold this tractor since making the video. I made sure to tell the new owner about it.

[@quagmyr101]

@@justtinkering6054 thanks for the info. Helping a friend put together a ‘39 H.

[@thomassanders7797]

@@justtinkering6054 you wouldn’t happen to know how to put lights on a hand start magneto h tractor like that one? I seen one with lights, and I couldn’t find anyone else that had lights with a magneto and no battery

[@justtinkering6054]

@@thomassanders7797You'd need something to produce voltage. The mag wouldn't be enough. You could hide a small battery somewhere, but you'd have to plug it in to charge it back up. You could always add an alternator or generator, but that would definitely be visible.

[@thomassanders7797]

@@justtinkering6054 yeah, that’s what I thought, thank you!

[@Hudsonrogers1]

I have a 1940

[@danmorrell9361]

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