It was a good news bad news day.  The good news is that the carburetor kit finally arrived so I could finish the work on it and get it back on the tractor.  Last weekend I drained the old gas out in case it was bad and put in some fresh.  With the overhauled carb back on the tractor I was going to crank it over but first had to figure out which way was "on" on the ignition switch.  A quick check with a tester answered that question.  With the switch on I hit the starter button and she turned over but no pop.  Tested for spark and there was none so checked out the points and discovered they were corroded so I cleaned them up and re-gapped them and cranked it over again.  This time it fired up almost immediately.  A little adjustment to the idle screw on the carb and she was running pretty good.  That was the good news, actually really good news.  Some smoke was coming from under the hood which turned out to be some cedar tree needles that had accumulated on the top of the manifold.  I took the hood off to clean it off and noticed a couple of gaping holes in the exhaust part of the manifold.  That was the bad news:  add a manifold to the shopping list.  So with the needles gone and the hood back on and air in the front tires it was time for a test drive.  Wow is that seat high in the air!  The Fords seats are down low between the back wheels but the H has its seat near the top of its much taller rear tires.  After the initial shock it was pretty cool driving it around up there and the view is great.  So aside from the manifold discovery it was awesome getting it running again.  Probably not that big of a deal really since it was running some time last year but all the same I was pretty pleased.

There's a matching hole on the opposite side

Just for comparison here are a picture of the '52 Ford 8N, notice how low the seat is. This was me last weekend moving the chicken coop to a new location.

That's Morgan riding herd on the hens