TA T/A ? (quick dumb question)
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Farmwithjunk
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T/A = Torque Amplifier. Shift on the fly Hi/Lo. Works good when working. Money pit when not.
oliver28472
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Torque Amplifier. It was IH's term for a two range shifter that you don't use the clutch for. I doubt if it was available on their Hydro tractors, just gear drives. Started out on the Farmall M (MTA) and stopped maybe in the 86 series or later gear drive tractors.
kenstrac
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Torque amplifier, it has gear reduction on the shaft in the transmission that lowers the speed and increases torque most T/As will not hold you back in a hill in low. and you don't have to use the clutch to shift it.
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I guess the IH T/A is equivalent to Massey Ferguson's Multipower shift on the fly setup. Both features showed up in the 1960s, IIRC.
kenstrac
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I know but the IH is cheaper to fix it's a self contained unit that comes out in one piece I think Formsprag made them for IHC
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T/A's built after 1963 do not freewheel, at least the ones installed on 70 HP and up tractors, and those installed on Doncaster-built utility tractors. The original mechanical T/A will allow freewheeling in T/A mode, but except for a very few models, this type disappeared from new tractors in 1963.
And certainly no hydrostatic drive IH's ever had a T/A.
