Super A Touch Control Quadrant Stops

CGID · Feb 8, 2015

My SA parts catalog, revision #4, was issued in 1960. The exploded view on page 230 shows Touch Control lever stops without ears, and they are called indicators. My '48 SA has earless indicators for positioning the implements in the soil. This allows some room for adjustment of depth. The stops which limit the raising of implements have ears to positively stop the implement from hitting the tractor. I think the ears are a good idea. When did eared stops become earless indicators?

Wayne in MN · Feb 9, 2015

When someone broke the "ears" off.
They are available in the aftermarket.

CGID · Feb 9, 2015

The stops called "indicators" are cast smooth. They never had ears.

CGID · Feb 9, 2015

The original '48 owner's manual illustrates and describes "stops" with ears to limit upward movement and earless "indicators" which allow implement adjustment when lowering and this is how my SA is set up. An owner's manual reprint from '53 identifies both both as "stops" in an illustration, but the text describes the rear ones as being earless. The parts catalog from '60 shows only earless "indicators".

CGID · Feb 9, 2015

For its age, I believe my SA is set up correctly but there are "Correct Police" out there. Though I have never met one I know they exist. We all take pride in our machines and it would rankle me to have to explain my way out of someone's comment, "That's a nice machine, but..." For the sake of interest in later models, does anyone know when the "ears" disappeared and all stops became indicators?

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