[AT] Economy Jim Dandy

[Cecil Bearden]

If you can add some metal to the end of the shifter ball without it hitting 
anything then it will keep the sheft lever from jumping over the shifter 
fork.   I did this a lot on the old Massey tractors.   Afte a while you 
learn to push down on the gearshift when shifting instead of pulling up and 
this does not happen.  I got pretty good at getting them back in gear 
without pulling the top deck by the time I quit working in the tractor shop.

Cecil in OKla
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Economy Jim Dandy



I had that happen to my Jim Dandy, and I bought a new shifter from
Economy Engineering, who was still in business at that time. It is
likely that the problem is with the shifter end and the forks in the old
Crosley transmission. You will have to remove the top of the
transmission, lever the forks back to neutral, and then take a look at
the shifter end. Memory tells me that the end is a round ball that can
become flattened with wear. The only alternative to locating another
shifter is to use a welder to add metal where it is worn away and then
grind it into the right shape. I suspect that it wouldn't hurt to harden
the surface again afterwards, but that is beyond my limited skills.

I have a copy of the owner's manual, and I will scan it in and send it
to you if you contact me at <mikesloane at verizon.net>. But I wouldn't get
your hopes up - it is pretty useless for doing any kind of maintenance.
(If you don't hear from me, it is because I am going out of town for a
few days and will be back on Friday.)

Mike

Bob McNitt wrote:
> I inherited a 14-hsp Jim Dandy tractor from my late father-in-law
> three years ago (I never found any owners manual for it). After
> servicing it and some preventative maintenance, the machine has been
> running fine the limited times I've used it. But yesterday the gear
> shift locked up in 3rd gear and nothing I've tried has unlocked it.
> The clutch still works OK, so I must assume the problem is in the gear
> shift/transmission.
>  Has anyone heard of this happening with this tractor before?
>  Also, anyone know where I might pick up a copy of the owners manual?
> Thanks in advance, guys.
>  Bob
> _______________________________________________

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