Hey everyone,
I have a 1959 Ford Powermaster 871 Selectospeed with the Elenco 4x4 conversion. It is my first Selectospeed so I don't have a lot of experience with what each of the 10 gears should actually feel like but something doesn't seem right with mine. Between each gear I can feel the subtle jolt/hesitation of the tractor like with most manual equipment which feels like it's grabbing the next gear. R1/R2 seem to perform fine. When driving in open field, forward speeds 1-4 have very little noticeable difference if at all. 5 maybe a slight increase and then 6 is a huge pick up in speed. 7 no change from 6. 8 then slows down, 9 no change from 8. Then 10 takes off like I'm driving down the highway. I do get better traction/push when in gear 1 which makes me believe there is a slight difference from 2-4. Any explanations for this? I end up using the throttle to dial in speed changes rather than shifting gears, but I assume there should be a healthy place to run the throttle once it's all warmed up (maybe 3/4). Any help in understanding how those gears should feel, or how much throte I should be running at during normal light/medium duty use would be a great help.
Thanks,
AJ
I have a 1959 Ford Powermaster 871 Selectospeed with the Elenco 4x4 conversion. It is my first Selectospeed so I don't have a lot of experience with what each of the 10 gears should actually feel like but something doesn't seem right with mine. Between each gear I can feel the subtle jolt/hesitation of the tractor like with most manual equipment which feels like it's grabbing the next gear. R1/R2 seem to perform fine. When driving in open field, forward speeds 1-4 have very little noticeable difference if at all. 5 maybe a slight increase and then 6 is a huge pick up in speed. 7 no change from 6. 8 then slows down, 9 no change from 8. Then 10 takes off like I'm driving down the highway. I do get better traction/push when in gear 1 which makes me believe there is a slight difference from 2-4. Any explanations for this? I end up using the throttle to dial in speed changes rather than shifting gears, but I assume there should be a healthy place to run the throttle once it's all warmed up (maybe 3/4). Any help in understanding how those gears should feel, or how much throte I should be running at during normal light/medium duty use would be a great help.
Thanks,
AJ