jdknucklebuster
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Yesterday, my father and I were driving tractors in the parade and his 46 A high low shifter became dis-engaged ( again) inside the transmission. This Problem has happened 3 times before and the only way to fix it, is remove the top cover of the transmission and put the shift lever back into the correct location. As I said,( again). He has had this happen 3 times before and he has removed the cover and fixed it. The first time, he thought the gate that the shift lever fits into was wore oversize so he welded up and ground the gate to repair. The second time, he talked to the local John Deere repair dealer, and was told he may need to adjust a sliding shaft located down beside the flywheel and locked with the sq. head bolt on the top. This whole problem has been going on for probably 10 years. My dad is now 82, the John Deere dealer has died and closed, and I will soon have the tractor. I have less tolerance for the repair by trial and error method, so would like some advise on the possible causes of the problem. I will help him this time. He has a POS junk IT repair manual for it. I will purchase a JD manual so we may stand a better chance of repair. I should also say, according to what he said yesterday, the problem started after he tore the transmission apart to replace some of the gears down inside the transmission that were worn and making the tractor jump out of gear. This may or may not have contributed to the problem. Please advise on possible causes of the problem, because as you know, "Just removing the top cover of the transmission"happens after a bunch of stuff has been removed. And, the tractor has a very nice paint job so touch up is required after the repair is completed each time.
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