MF 135 stuck in reverse gear

If it's a MH35, 50 or I think 65 you should be able to take the fill plug off next to the gearshift and reach in and move the shift fork with a screwdriver or something.

Another thing that works is to get a punch and drive the pin out that the main gearshift pivots on. Lift the shift lever up a bit, and move the reverse shift fork where it needs to be, back into neutral. Replace the pin and away you go.

That's about the biggest drawback to that era Massey that I've come across. If you lift up on the gearshift lever or get in a hurry shifting into either 1st or reverse, that stuff can happen.

With a little practice you can avoid it, and when it does happen it doesn't have to take that long to fix.

There have been a bunch of posts on this problem in the past.

Good luck.

Fortunately I got it out again using a magnet at the end of a piece of wire.

I felt quite a fool.
Laurence

I haven't had this happen the few times I had to do it. I will watch it in the future.

Congrats on getting your 135 rolling again.

That shift problem is one of their few drawbacks.