Farmall H Starting Issues

[sbuchta]

I have a Farmall H that had been converted to 12V prior to me owning it. Approx 2 years ago we parked it in the barn and it ran fine when parked. This week I went to get it out of the barn and freshen it up for this fall and obviously it was dead. Put a new battery in it and it cranked over and gas poured out of the carb and it wouldn't start. Rebuilt the carb and while I was at it did a full tune up with new plugs, wires, coil, cap, and rotor. Tractor will crank and will not start. Tried some starting fluid in the intake just to get it going and it made no difference. Still won't start. It turns over with no issues but for some reason it just won't run. Any ideas would be much appreciated!

 

[old]

I have a Farmall H that had been converted to 12V prior to me owning it. Approx 2 years ago we parked it in the barn and it ran fine when parked. This week I went to get it out of the barn and freshen it up for this fall and obviously it was dead. Put a new battery in it and it cranked over and gas poured out of the carb and it wouldn't start. Rebuilt the carb and while I was at it did a full tune up with new plugs, wires, coil, cap, and rotor. Tractor will crank and will not start. Tried some starting fluid in the intake just to get it going and it made no difference. Still won't start. It turns over with no issues but for some reason it just won't run. Any ideas would be much appreciated!

Most likely you need to clean or replace the points. Sitting that long the point corrode so need to be cleaned. I had to do that to a couple tractors this year that had sat for a few years. Cleaned the points and they fired right up

 

[DaveBN]

First thing to check is if you have spark at the spark plugs. Take one out and hold it against a good ground and see if you have a good, blue spark. Make sure you are insulated from the plug and the wire or you will get kicked.
Dave

 

[rustred]

I have a Farmall H that had been converted to 12V prior to me owning it. Approx 2 years ago we parked it in the barn and it ran fine when parked. This week I went to get it out of the barn and freshen it up for this fall and obviously it was dead. Put a new battery in it and it cranked over and gas poured out of the carb and it wouldn't start. Rebuilt the carb and while I was at it did a full tune up with new plugs, wires, coil, cap, and rotor. Tractor will crank and will not start. Tried some starting fluid in the intake just to get it going and it made no difference. Still won't start. It turns over with no issues but for some reason it just won't run. Any ideas would be much appreciated!

U need spark to ignite the gas and u replaced a bunch of parts except cleaning and checking the point gap , which is 95 percent of the problem on any engine that sits with the points closed. Clean them with emery then run a paper towel with brake clean through them and gap them to .020. For a distributor. It don’t take new parts to get an engine to run.