[AT] Ford NAA with aux tranny??

[Mike Sloane]

My experience with the Howard unit in my 2N is that it would say 
"Howard" somewhere on the outside. It may be that there is enough 
difference between the N Fords and the NAA that Howard redesigned the 
unit, and that resulted in a operating lever on the left. I have a 
Howard unit in one of my Farmall Cubs, and the operating instructions 
are pretty clear in stating that the low range is for rototilling only, 
not to increase the power.

Howard Rotovator is/was still very much in business, so you might want 
to try contacting them and see if anyone there might have some old 
manuals. Unfortunately, their Website appears to not be working.

Mike

John Wilkens wrote:
> Dudley, what was the use of the Howard heavy duty "straight through 
> gear set" you mention?     The other issue...I need to determine more 
> about the aux. trans. that is in this NAA.  I wonder if it is just a 
> Howard with the shifter coming out the other side (Left) of the 
> case.  I do hope it is not the light duty Howard rototiller 
> gearing!  It definitely gives the NAA a slower range in all gears but 
> when it was running I didn't notice if it changed the rpm of the pto 
> shaft.      John
> 
> 
> 

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