If your tractor is having shift problems, you cant shift into 1 or more gears, the stick is sloppy or feels disconnected, stick will not move side to side or feels stuck or broken... then check this first!!
Hi all we are in Australia and have a david brown 885 1974 model we use on our farm, today the key broke off, ordered another one from ebay ............. then ............ the main gear shift went very loose, so if anyone has any adivice or comments please tell us, we were glad to find this video to show us a bit about what it could be, cheers :)
MF 135 probably 60s or 70s model. Perkins 3 cylinder diesel. Hung in one gear, I think third. Can’t get in reverse either. Prior to fatal accident one year ago, deceased brother in law, we think he said it wouldn’t go into 2nd. Never said anything about reverse issue. It sat in field next to accident site for a year before I decided to go get it working again. Did and drove it carefully for about 1/2 mile in whatever gear it was locked in. High/low works and replaced hydraulic fluid Saturday and got lift working. Need all gears and especially reverse working. Property needs major bush hogging. Saw some vids suggesting use long screwdriver in fluid entry hole to pry over a gear. Your thought please sir. Learning a lot but new to me. Any help appreciated
Great video and explanation on tractor shifter problems and hang-ups. Thanks! Makes me wonder why they won't put a grease fitting to keep shafts shifting slick.
1979 Ford 1700, 12 forward speeds, 4 reverse, range shifter locked into highest range. I've been hesitant to take the cover off but I feel a little better about it now. How similar is my transmission? I'm thinking (if it's the same setup) it's the ball/spring breakdown you talked about. Thanks for the video, BTW.
I have a Ford 4000 gas that you have to hold the shifter in reverse to keep it in gear. Everything works fine if you hold it in place. If you let go of the shifter it pops out of gear and will grind. Any Ideas what is wrong? And If I need to replace parts where might I get them?
Ok the push pull shifter is 90% on the old body style tractors. Most likely you have a bent roll pin or worst case bent shift fork. It is not hard to do either one, just intimidating looking if you have never worked on a tractor before. I highly doubt it to be the problem.. but there is a slim chance the gears have worn teeth.. doubt this is the case as you would hear some bad music in the transmission. Best place for parts honestly is an older Ford New Holland Dealer (As in , been around a while). Yes more expensive, but also the best quality. and once fixed, most likely will never need to be touched again in your lifetime.