Hey guys, I dont usually venture over here as I dont have any MF tractors, but I am in need of a bit of help from you all if you would be so kind. Anyway, I was fitting one of our rented fields today and the guy that owns it stopped me to ask if I would look at his tractor, I've worked on it before for him. It is a 65 MF gas. He said he backed it into the barn and went to take it out of reverse and can't get it out of reverse. I figured it was the old "shifter popped out of the shift rail deal", which it has done a couple other times. Those times just required me to do the usual, and take the filler cap off and hold the shifter up while sliding the rail back into place. This isn't the problem this time though. The shifter is still in reverse, still in the rail, and it's still in reverse, and the shifter won't move. I tried to rock it and wiggle the shifter around and get it out, no go. He didn't have a pry bar of any sort, just a long screwdriver, so I tried to pry against the rail while wiggling the shifter, that didn't work either. Then I got on it and pushed the clutch down and started it and while working the clutch and the shifter at the same time, and it still won't come out of reverse. I asked him if he ground it into reverse or anything and he said he didn't think so, but he is not an operator and not mechanically inclined at all. What's the story? Could the end of the splines be galled up from grinding it, not letting the gear slide over it? I don't want to break anything, but I'm tempted to bring my smaller pry bar over there and try that on the rail, as the screwdriver he had was basically useless for leverage, only pushing at the rail. Anyone have any ideas of what I can try now, or is it time to pull the steering gear/trans cover? He only uses the tractor a couple times a year to brushog, but I really don't have too much time to mess with it right now, as our planting season just got started. Thanks guys!
Ross
Ross