Transmission Shift Pattern, Reinstall problem

I worked on the transmission in my "48 8n today. I got it all reassembled, but am having some problems getting all the gears to shift. When I put the top plate on just to see what was going on, it would "shift" into reverse, but no other gears.

I understand that all the gears have to be in a certain position for the coupler to slide with the forks by use of the shifting plates. I can move the shift plates by hand. The bottom plate will go in the middle, up, and down positions. The upper plate will only go in the down position. The top slide rail and fork will slide between all three positions. I can turn the input shaft by hand in most positions until it locks up and won"t turn. I have to turn it a little back and forth, and the plates will normally pop back into the center position.

Can someone give me some pointers on how to get them in a position that all the gears will shift properly?

Thanks!!
Scott

Thanks for the message. I'll just have to go back and try to figure out what's going wrong. The shifter stick comes back to center without a problem, so it seems to me like the other stuff is just not aligned right just yet.

Thanks again,
Scott

I can get it to shift into all gears now. However I don't like the way it shifts into 2nd and 4th. It's like it doen't go in gear all the way. I looked at the end of my shifter and it has been brazed once before. I think there is a little too much metal that I'm going to have to file away. Once I have filed it down a little more, and given it a more "rounded ball" shape, I think it should shift just fine.

Thanks again for the input.
Scott