I got the gear box all buttoned up tonight. I had to stand over it, holding the plate with the shift forks in one hand and guide the longest shift fork (the reverse gear selector) down into the dark. Once that was started in the reverse gear, I had to position the two 1st & 3rd and 2nd & 4th into their guides. Once that was done I could lift the plate and get the PTO select shaft seated into its socket.
It's a cave down there and it's pitch black. My forehead light helped some but what you need to see is usually obscured by the gears, your hands or the shift plate, I did have the presence of mind to install the new gasket, before I tried to fit the shift plate, so I only had to do it once. It took a few false starts but once it was all in the proper place it just dropped in with a thud.
It's a cave down there and it's pitch black. My forehead light helped some but what you need to see is usually obscured by the gears, your hands or the shift plate, I did have the presence of mind to install the new gasket, before I tried to fit the shift plate, so I only had to do it once. It took a few false starts but once it was all in the proper place it just dropped in with a thud.