snowcrash
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- nh tl90a, ford 5000, mf 231, ford 2000 & 4000 and some others
Hello everybody,
We are upgrading from our old 4500 that is wore out but still does the job to a little new Ford TLB.
I don't have the numbers with me at the moment but I will post them later but I think it was made November 1983. I'm trying to figure out if it is a 555 or a 555A. Seen some literature saying that they started the A in 83 but others say 84. Didn't know if it was like a car though and the A maybe actually came out near the end of the year 83? I'm sure that our Ford was probably not shipped out right away once built so I don't know when it actually was purchased but thinking sometime in 1984.
I've tried looking for pictures to see if I could see the differences between a 555 and 555A but it has been hard to find. Some pictures show an A painted beside the 555 and some pictures listing it as a 555A just say 555. Also noticed that some have the 555 painted on the loader arm and not on the front hood piece.
What is the real differences between just a 555 and 555A? Is there something that one will have that the other will not that will be able to let me know which I have or is the serial number about the only way to figure it out?
Once I get the numbers, I will post back, thanks for any help,
Charlie
We are upgrading from our old 4500 that is wore out but still does the job to a little new Ford TLB.
I don't have the numbers with me at the moment but I will post them later but I think it was made November 1983. I'm trying to figure out if it is a 555 or a 555A. Seen some literature saying that they started the A in 83 but others say 84. Didn't know if it was like a car though and the A maybe actually came out near the end of the year 83? I'm sure that our Ford was probably not shipped out right away once built so I don't know when it actually was purchased but thinking sometime in 1984.
I've tried looking for pictures to see if I could see the differences between a 555 and 555A but it has been hard to find. Some pictures show an A painted beside the 555 and some pictures listing it as a 555A just say 555. Also noticed that some have the 555 painted on the loader arm and not on the front hood piece.
What is the real differences between just a 555 and 555A? Is there something that one will have that the other will not that will be able to let me know which I have or is the serial number about the only way to figure it out?
Once I get the numbers, I will post back, thanks for any help,
Charlie
