1951 Oliver 88 Row Crop

Was it 'in' or 'out' of gear when you took it out?

Are you having difficulty in getting the lever into the slot or handling the loose springs?
 
With a good flashlight look in and with a long screw driver or rod shift both rails into the center position. They will be in line with each other.
 
(quoted from post at 02:58:49 07/07/20) Was it 'in' or 'out' of gear when you took it out?

Are you having difficulty in getting the lever into the slot or handling the loose springs?

having trouble getting it back into the slot so that I can bolt down the cover Mongo; I should havee known to check if it was in gear before removing; feel so stupid....
 
Take everything off the shaft to where you just have the shifter bar. Look into the hole and hold the bar up at different angles until it drops in. While pushing it down into it's seat see if it will work.
It is easier to replace (in the future) if you have it in neutral in high range and use the back of your hand against the dash to guide it in. Do not put the springs in dry.
 
I think Mongo59's warning about not putting the springs in dry refers to putting grease on the springs so they won't fall out while you're installing the shifter. You
might think it would be fairly easy to retrieve a spring from the bottom of the transmission case. Well, maybe not! I dropped a 3/8th capscrew into the front
compartment of a 60 transmission one time and spent over an hour locating and removing it! The shop manual suggests cutting a slot in a piece of sheet metal to retain
the springs while replacing the shifter.
 

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