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gene: In a round about way, I did say that although I didn't suggest a reason. I did say all long hand cranks will work on SA, A, B and C. I have one of my own fabrications for my SA. Two pieces of chanel iron attach to cultivator mount and braced from clutch housing, protrude under front axle with upright square tubing in front of grill. If I have that on tractor and have to use the hand crank, only the long hand crank will work. If I had a similar device on my 130 or 140, the hand would have to be longer again than the current long hand crank. The main reason I posted on this thread was to alert folks the 140 and 240 are different again.I don't have a hand crank for my 140, no sign there were ever clips for carrying hand crank, thus I can only assume hand crank was an option by 1963. I thought once about drilling the hole larger through 140 grill and support on bolster, so I could use the 130 hand crank if necessary. When I had the rad and water pump off 4 years ago, I discovered the device on front pulley is also too small for my SA or 130 hand crank. I don't even carry my hand cranks anymore. I doubt if I've done more than a half dozen hand crank starts in the past 15 years. I've used them a few times getting engine to TDC on no.1. Two things I give credit to for not having to use hand cranks are ALTERNATORS and CLUTCH TYPE STARTER DRIVES. I have not had a starter lock in 15 years. Other than 140 my ring gears are not in exceptional shape. You know and I know, 30, 40, 50 even 60 years ago one could not own three Farmalls and go more than a year without a starter lock up. It's not that I don't use these tractors, I regularly burn 1,000 gallons of gas in them, and the probably start and stop more than they did 40 years ago. In fact I'd almost bet money I use my tractor starters more today on this little piece of retirement land than I did having 9 tractors on 1,000 acres in the 1970s.
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