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Gary: That's what it all about, sharing what we know or don't know. I am not a mechanic. My first involvment with this old iron was in 1948 at six years of age, my dad plunked me in the seat of the old W4 on wagon and loose hayloader and said you drive and don't knock the guys on load over starting or stopping. Adjust the throttle as they tell you. My 72 year old grandfather had been doing this job and hired help on load were about to go on strike. I later went on to own and operate that farm and in my day was 100 cow milking herd with 500 acres cultivated land and a 500 acre woodlot. Direct involvment of equipment repair and maintainence, was something I didn't get to do a lot of. Management of dairy herd and croping were my number one priorities. Equipment was left to specialists and hired help. They did answer to me. Many of the items being discussed on this page had not yet happened to old Farmalls in my farming days. Example, my 560 and 656 still had generators and regulators that had never been off tractor, at 15 years. Hydraulic problems discussed here almost daily re: 06, 56, 66 and 86 had not yet happened in my farming days. There is not a day goes by that I don't learn something on forums. Also almost daily I have my memory jogged on something I experienced many years ago. I operate on forums almost exclusively from memory. One item I am starting to realize is, I have forgotten more about these old Farmalls than some guys on here know. Not many, but some. I enjoy this interaction on old tractors. It is also great to see some guy, that knows little about a tractor, buy one for, yard chores, snow plowing or just sheer enjoyment. I never get upset on repeat questions. Yes the ignition on a Farmall H may have been discussed 2 days ago. There is always chance some one will enlighten us on something we have not seen before. If I have any criticism of forum participants, it is they are much to serious. Come on guys, old iron can be lots of fun, loosen up and enjoy. I have the opinion that many of you wouldn't laugh if some prim and proper person broke wind in church. Remember, your grand father who bought that Farmall when it was new, and often sweated damn hard to get it paid for. He knew one thing though, How to have a good belly laugh.
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