posted January 14, 2003 04:06               

Intermittently, ONE gear location will move me forward.
When I move the gear selection lever to reverse, the tractor behaves as if gears are jammed - no movement and begins to stall the engine.
The snow in Nova Scotia is breaking all records and I would like to plow it away! [We Nova Scotians refer to the recent European snow as "partly cloudy" ]

Can anyone offer guidance?

Regards,

Al

posted January 14, 2003 09:50               

The problem you have is not in the main selectors, in fact, unlike other tractors, I cannot remember ever having a Major jam in this area. The problem is most likely the gear lever has come out of its little cup. Remove the gear lever housing and check here.

regards

posted January 14, 2003 20:48               

Thank-you for your response.
Actually, the main gear lever was the first thing that I checked. It was seated properly. I am convinced that the problem is with the positioning of the "forks". However, it could be a much more serious problem deep within the transmission. This seems unlikely since it was working fine one day and then stuck in reverse the next.

On the day that I noticed it stuck, I was starting the tractor without depressing the clutch (I was assuming it was in neutral from last day). When the tractor gave a slight lurch because it was in gear, I depressed the clutch; it started; and then I noticed that it was stuck in reverse.

I then removed the selector housing and it freed itself from reverse. My difficulty is the reassembly.

Therefore, I am still seeking some guidance on positioning the gears and subsequently the "forks".

Regards,

Al

posted January 15, 2003 10:20               

This is a bit of a mystery. The selector forks etc are pretty straight forward to fit. Set the transmission in neutral then just line the forks up to the collars and gears. The collars go inside the forks, is it possible that the outer flange of one of the forks has worn off?

Make sure the selector has both collars in it. Some times it is easy to move the collars appart when offering the plate up. This would give the symptoms you describe.

Look into the selector hole and in the upper right corner is the shaft from the gear lever and the locating lug that works the selectors. There should be a square headed stud with a locking wire holding this in place. Just check to see that this is still there.

If you have a transmission hand brake, this could have broken up and parts of the plates could be jammed in the gears. You should be able to see this through the selector hole too. It is to the right and across on the far side. This works on the reverse idler gear.

Hope this helps but if not get back to me and I will check on my tractor.

regards

Brian

posted January 23, 2003 22:14               

While the BBoard was down, I have finally figured and solved the problem. A farmer from the area offered advice on the phone. He said that the forks and gears, although appearing to be aligned properly, are being slightly touched as I put the plate back on and the gears are being knocked out of the "neutral" position. (As the plate is being placed in position, I lose sight of the gears). To lower the sensitivity of the gears to a slight touch, I decided to put a dab of synthetic grease on the suspicious sliding gear and it worked.

However, I have created another problem that I can live with but I would like to correct. The transmission often slips out of first gear. This was not a problem before and I suspect that it was because of something I did during the reassembly. Any thoughts on this?

By the way, does the BBoard have the capacity to accept inserted pictures? If so, are the formats limited? GIF? JPEG?

Regards,

Al