ColoradoHobbyFarm
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I have a Ford 8000 with the dual power transmission. I have owned this tractor for about 10 years now. I mostly use it to run a NH hydro-swing swather. Last fall at the end of hay season I started up the tractor and shifted from neutral into "high" to finish cutting my last field. I felt a pop when I shifted and then there was nothing but slop in that shift lever. It remained in the high gears, and the dual power continued to work, but when I got it back to the stack yard and parked it, that was the last time it ran. The transmission must be in neutral to start and it seems to be stuck in high. The shifter just effortlessly slops up and down between high-neutral-low without anything actually happening.
I pulled the side engine cover and all the linkage from the shifter to where it enters the transmission is intact. Any ideas on what might be the problem and a solution? I have never split a tractor in half and thought that maybe the issue could be fixed by pulling the round side cover or the top cover located under the floor plate. Any help or ideas are greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I pulled the side engine cover and all the linkage from the shifter to where it enters the transmission is intact. Any ideas on what might be the problem and a solution? I have never split a tractor in half and thought that maybe the issue could be fixed by pulling the round side cover or the top cover located under the floor plate. Any help or ideas are greatly appreciated. Thanks!