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Paul Klankowski

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My 1946 Farmall H is stuck in 5th gear. Ho do I get it out of 5th gear. What may be the cause? Will it be required to take the top where the gear shift lever is attached off?
 
We have a M that does the same thing so we try not to put in 5th gear any more. Yes you will need to lift the top on the left side enough to get a large screw diver in to move the gears. I was thinking we were able to get it out. by taking the top off the belt pulley unit. but it has been years since we had to unstick ours.
 
been covered many times, search in archives (sp) easiest way is to drive pin out that goes thru shifter tower and shift lever, (their may be small soft plugs covering pin) lift shift lever out and look in hole, shift rails will be visible, use large screwdriver to line up out of position rail so all 3 slots are in line put shifter back in in neutral position, push down on shifter to compress spring and slide pin back in place. should be good to go. contributing factors to this happening is wear to end of shift lever ( can be built up with weld and ground/filed to original dimensions and shifting out of gear and moving lever over to quickly allowing shift rail to slide into next gear while shift lever is moved over to another rail. especially when shifting from 4th to reverse it will slide into 5th. did this many times as a14/15 year old while cultivating corn with 2 row equipment 50 years ago hope this makes sence leroy
 
Was using a 46 M Farmall clipping a field of clover with a frail cutter and shifted out of 4th into neutral fast to keep the cutter running. The rail slipped on in to 5th gear and that brought everything to a halt. It was a hot July day and over two miles from home. I was young so it was walk home or fix it (happened 51 years ago). Took shifter out and and used a rod and lined up the rails. You could set shifter in 5th gear spot and bring it back to neutral.
 
Mite help to jack one side up to remove tension it will make getting the shift rails lined up also fasten the clutch pedal down.
 
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