Re: Farmall M won't go into 1st gear or reverse gear, Why ?

Posted by mkirsch on May 08, 2009 at 08:16:10 from (64.80.108.55):

In Reply to: Farmall M won't go into 1st gear or reverse gear, Why ? posted by Dick Archer on May 08, 2009 at 08:04:38:

First thing I'd do is pull the shift lever and look to see that all of the three shifter rails are centered and lined up.

It sounds like the 1st-reverse shifter rail is slightly out of alignment. The ball on the end of the shift lever gets worn after 60 years or so, and will slip out of the slot in the shift rail prematurely. Often this results in the tractor ending up in two gears at once.

There might be more to the problem than just that, such as the detent balls falling out of the shift rail, but what I gave you should be a good start.

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