Ford 6610 - what is this knob for?

[spandit]

It's on the right hand side of the transmission housing, next to the diff lock pedal. It pulls in and out but not sure what it's supposed to do - is it a flow control thing for carrying objects on the 3-point hitch when on the road, for example?

Edit, is it an ASC (auxiliary service control) valve?

This post was edited by spandit on 06/10/2023 at 11:59 am.

 

[Bern]

Yes, that is the ASC valve, used with Load Monitor for those precious few people who actually used it.

 

[paul]

That was kind of a neat feature on the small old tractors using 2 bottom plows.

Once we got over 50hp I wonder if 10% of that setup ever got used on a tractor? Ford was pretty proud of the
design of it and kept it as a feature for a long time, used or not.

Paul

 

[Bern]

Load Monitor was never used on anything under 50HP. It was only available on 4-cyinder tractors. It was optional on the 5000-6610 models, and standard on the 7000-7710 models.