Ford 6610 stuck in neutral

[HowTheF***DoesThisWork]

The ultra reliable old Ford 6610 has finally let me down. Backed it up the side of one of the buildings to unload a trailer full of gates, got back in and its decided not to go back in gear. It was running all the time and in neutral on both the H/L/R and the splitter. Its the splitter that won't move. Any ideas anyone?
Thanks.

 

[Suffolk Serf]

The ultra reliable old Ford 6610 has finally let me down. Backed it up the side of one of the buildings to unload a trailer full of gates, got back in and its decided not to go back in gear. It was running all the time and in neutral on both the H/L/R and the splitter. Its the splitter that won't move. Any ideas anyone?
Thanks.

What type of gear change on the tractor?
I had an old IH 885xl once that did that regularly and we always had a hammer and cold chisel in the cab to bang the selector forks away from each other.
Possibly something similar but a) I’m no mechanic and b) I know that 6610 gear shifts came in a few variants.

 

[HowTheF***DoesThisWork]

Hiya and thanks. Its got Hi lo and reverse on one lever and a splitter that runs on the same shaft. Its the splitter that won't move out of neutral. Can feel the gears engaging on the other lever. Don't want to force anything for fear of damaging summat.

 

[7610 super q]

If it's SQ, the rubber bush could have popped out on the gear linkage......but the avatar looks like a first gen 10 series ?.
A splitter ???? Duel Power nothing to do with the gear levers ????

 

[Mur Huwcun]

Is it column change? I’m confused when you say splitter as they are a 4 speed box with High, low and reverse and some had the dual power splitter.

 

[Lincs Lass]

Is it column change? I’m confused when you say splitter as they are a 4 speed box with High, low and reverse and some had the dual power splitter.

Its the same gear box as the one here ,,two gear levers on the right hand of cab ,,1234 ,,second lever High Low and reverse

 

[forblue]

Look under right side cab if it has rubber boot will be in two half's remove lower part and check linkage chance's are bush's have come out of support if so remove linkage as necessary clean bush's and support and locktite back in, use locktite for bearings, and leave to set, linkage gets dry so grease linkage if necessary, if you find nothing wrong then it's internal and top of box will have to come off and with flat deck cab no cover in floor so cab off or split it...

 

[HowTheF***DoesThisWork]

If it's SQ, the rubber bush could have popped out on the gear linkage......but the avatar looks like a first gen 10 series ?.
A splitter ???? Duel Power nothing to do with the gear levers ????

It's A reg 1982, so I think its one of the early ones. I am probably wrong referring to it as a splitter as it it a second gear lever on the column shift offering two speeds and neural. It also has the rabbit button on the dash.

 

[HowTheF***DoesThisWork]

Look under right side cab if it has rubber boot will be in two half's remove lower part and check linkage chance's are bush's have come out of support if so remove linkage as necessary clean bush's and support and locktite back in, use locktite for bearings, and leave to set, linkage gets dry so grease linkage if necessary, if you find nothing wrong then it's internal and top of box will have to come off and with flat deck cab no cover in floor so cab off or split it...

It's a column change job so it goes straight down into the box.

 

[forblue]

Rubik cube completely different remove the covers from around steering wheel and check top linkage if that's ok check where it go's into top of gearbox if you decide to remove gearbox top cover not something i would recommend you do unless you have done one before because getting it off is ok but putting it back on is another matter ford's made a special tool to do that but can be done with a worm clip has your one been modified ie: main gear lever is h pattern to change gears it should be because fords did a lot of them to change to this pattern and i at one time had several kits but all scrapped now.

 

[chipchap]

Is what you are describing as the “splitter” in fact a lever that in fact has 1 2 3 &4 on it, and it is in one of the neutrals?

 

[HowTheF***DoesThisWork]

Rubik cube completely different remove the covers from around steering wheel and check top linkage if that's ok check where it go's into top of gearbox if you decide to remove gearbox top cover not something i would recommend you do unless you have done one before because getting it off is ok but putting it back on is another matter ford's made a special tool to do that but can be done with a worm clip has your one been modified ie: main gear lever is h pattern to change gears it should be because fords did a lot of them to change to this pattern and i at one time had several kits but all scrapped now.

Thanks for that. Big gear lever definately isn't H pattern unfortunately, so here's hoping it's the top linkage!
Cheers

 

[Mur Huwcun]

Out of all the troubles we had with a column change 6610 the main lever was reliable but worn and moved around about three miles!!! It was the H/L/R lever that other drivers would jamm in gear by selecting a non existent reverse in the high position!!