H shift lever

Thanks again.
Jay

When I got it, my H had the exact problem you describe. I took a washer and filed the inside out to the correct size and the marked the outer diameter from the spring and shaped it with a bench grinder and file. You can secure it as CNKS suggests with a roll pin or (as I did) use a cotter pin. Put a little paint on it and no one knows the difference.

Now on this H, the lever was never built up, it must have got caught in gear a lot - so they left out the plugs. So tonight as I'm flushing the antifreeze, it gets caught up in reverse. I had already built up the lever, but the stinking PIN CAME OUT! So here I am with a screwdriver and a flashlight, rocking the tractor with my shoulder while I pry it back into neutral. I spent at least 15 or 20 minutes on this. I just don't understand these "field repairs".

My pops, while he was never an educated man, was always a man of common sense. Two sayings he had come into play here. First, do it right the first time, it don't get expensive until you do it the second time. That sort of touches this, as I imagine there were plenty of times that this thing sat for that 10 or 20 minutes with the bailer behind with a rain cloud on its tail. Second, Fix it right away or pretty soon you'll end up fixing everything.

Thanks Bob for your help.

Jay

I was only planning on checking and topping off the antifreeze for this year, but alas, there isn't enough in the radiator to test. So I suppose I'll do a flush and refill. Want to take a bet that the drain is plugged solid?

Thanks again.

Jay

PS - I would have won the bet - drain plugged solid. Cordless drill and 1/4" bit made short work of that. Nasty stuff, glad it was low - I've seen lighter colored Hershey's syrup.