Posted by Paul in Mich on March 13, 2009 at 10:16:23 from (71.82.64.221):
In Reply to: a farmall posted by Jack in Ga on March 12, 2009 at 17:34:26:
Jack, the A came out in 1939 and none of the 39's had starters that I know of. The 1940 early models also had no starters, but during the model year changed the bell housing casting or Torque tube to accomodate a starter. From then on, the 1940's could be purchased with or without a starter. Most starters were a dealer add on. It is hard in most cases to tell the difference from a 39 and a 40, but there were some such as placement of the serial number ID tag. The 39's had it mounted on the pedal guard, whereas the 40 relocated it on the left side seat bracket. Someone also told me that during the 40 year, the kill switch ceased to be mechanical and was the normal mag kill switch button. While starters became optional in 1940, lights were available in 39. There were two different light packages for 1939 and 1940. One was a delco system which the generator charged a battery and the lights ran off the battery, or there was a bosh system where the lights ran directly off the generator. Obviously the tractor had to be running for the lights to work on the bosh system as it required no battery. I know this was probably an overkill to your question, but for a Lot of 39 and 40 A owners some of these idiosyncracies are rather interesting. I happen to own a 1940 hand start Distilate A
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