Posted by chappie on March 13, 2015 at 21:22:36 from (208.74.247.249):
Last Fall I posted on here that my Farmall Super M tractor would not move after a cold spell. Thanks to the help on here, I found it was full of ice mixed with the oil in the tranny/rear end. After melting the ice, I drained it, cleaned it, and replaced the oil. That solved that problem.
However, just prior to that cold spell, I was driving down the road and was using 5th gear. I had to downshift for a hill. After that, I could not get it back into 4th or 5th gear. When I got home, I removed the shift lever and found the three slide rails were aligned as they should be. (Note: Earlier on the year I had the tip of the shift lever built up at a machine shop, because it was worn and occasionally would cause the slide rails to become misaligned).
After changing that fluid, I found it still would not go into 4 th + 5th gear, but it was too cold to mess with it. Now that the weather has warmed up, and the fluid level is up to snuff, I took it for a drive, got it nice and warm, and still it would not go into those gears. It works fine in Rev 1 2 and 3.
The shifter does go into the knotch, but I can not move the shifter back or forth. I tried to push and pull really hard, and even tapped (lightly) on the shift lever with a hammer. I wont go into those upper gears at all.
Anyone know what could be wrong?
PS. I made a boot out of an old tractor inner tube and a hose clamp and put it around the shift lever to prevent water from entering the gear lube again!
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