Cockshutt 540 transmission

Zen02 · Nov 3, 2019

Hi.Can someone explain why they label the card showing transmission shifting that way?H style and top left R/R that's fine. Bottom left 4/2.Top right 6/5.Bottom right 3/1.Seems like in low you would go 1,2,5 and on hi it goes 3,4,6?Do I miss something?
Ty.

Mike(NEOhio) · Nov 3, 2019

All in how the transmission is designed. My oliver 1550 is like you describe but the cockshutt 40/50 shifts 1,2,4 in low range and 3,5,6 in high.

mach12 · Nov 4, 2019

What is it you find odd, the gears available in low and high, or the shifter location for them? What you?re finding is correct for a 500 series Cockshutt
transmission, 2, 1, 5 in low and 4, 3, 6 in high.

Zen02 · Nov 5, 2019

was just wondering why they put 1,2 then jump to 5.
wouldnt it be easier to read just r,1,2,3 then the other shifter for lo and hi and thats it.

mach12 · Nov 5, 2019

It has to do with the internal design of the transmission, which was updated from the 10 series tractors and originally designed to use one gearshift
lever. The 540 was fitted with the separate high/low shifter because the layout of the dash wouldn?t permit full range of motion for the single lever.

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