Early 33's did not have the plastic upstop, just a metal bar.
Somewhere about 300.000 serial number and higher had the plastic upstop. Early plastic upstops were very small and then I think there was 2 later versions of size of the orange upstop. See some pics. First one is the early style of LF and then two later models with orange upstop.
I received a 33 to work on once and they had used a toothbrush handle for the upstop. The machine was used in a factory so they had the smarts to make it work.
I have a few plastic upstops that were fabricated by a fellow Greenkeyer if anyone needs one.
73,
Wayne
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