Farmall H radiator removal

Hi, Can anyone tell me how to remove the radiator on my farmall H seems like the two nuts or bolts can't be accesed without removing the tractor front end? thanks

if its like my m, there should be 2 holes under the bolster that should give you access to the mounting nuts

One parts H I worked on didn't have the holes, so I spent an hour lying on my back under it and turning the nuts 1/12 of a turn with a stubby box wrench. On that one I could access it from the middle of the bottom of the front casting.
Zach

In my opinion, taking the radiator off is probably the most miserable job there is on an H. You have to remove the support rod that goes across the top of the tappet cover, remove all the hoses, disconnect the knuckle on the steering shaft, screw the shaft out of the front bolster after removing the cap in the front and then take off the splash plate under the front bolster. (If the splash plate is missing, you will have a lot of dirt to remove to get to the bolts.) Then the fun begins. There are two stud bolts under the bottom of the radiator that bolt the radiator to it. They have fine threaded nuts on the bottom. There are plates soldered to the bottom of the radiator for the course threaded end of the studs. There are springs on the studs between the nut and the bottom of the bolster. There is a cotter pin holding the nuts on, too. After you fight the cotter pin out you will need an open end wrench and it will have to be taken out and turned over once for each 1/2 turn of the nut. (A crows foot wrench works the best.) Be generous with your favorite rust-buster, the studs are usually badly rusted. When you put it back on, be careful not to twist the plates soldered to the bottom of the as the will leak after you get it back on and everything lined up. (Don"t even ask how I know that this will happen. The good news is the nuts do come off a lot easier the second time.) Good luck and plan on spending at least a day on the removal part of the project, half of that time will be waiting for the rust buster to work and getting the kinks out, you have to be in a very difficult position to see whats going on up there. (My $0.02 worth. jal-SD)

Sorry I forgot to mention this is a parts H that I bought and removed the cylinder head last fall so the only reason I want to remove the radiator is because it is the only left thing that is still on the tractor. the reason I want to remove it is because i want to chain the rest of the engine, transmission, differential to my loader and store it inside the barn and tore the engine apart and check if it is still repairable

Thank you guys for your fast response to this post I really appreciate

If memory serves it's 51' and later that have the two holes to access the nuts holding the radiator on. I'm sure you couldn't be so lucky as to have this cinfiguration though.

Thanks for your comment. I don't have this configuration as my good running H is a 1950 and the other is an older tractor

Save yourself a lot of grief and skinned knuckles. The only wrench that will work is the one with two bottles and a hose.