Power shift stuck in 2

Pete Judd · May 22, 2017

My 186 d power shift is stuck in 2. The linkage is not seized up, it wiggles. Any ideas?

Pete

winston1 · May 22, 2017

The 186 came with a column shift and floor shift, which do you have?

Pete Judd · May 22, 2017

column shift but have removed the top cover and linkage is free.

winston1 · May 23, 2017

Not sure what you can see with the top cover removed. Can you see the shift fork to tell if it is ok and able to slide?

California · May 23, 2017

Is there even a shift fork in PS? I assumed it was like an A/T where the shift lever moves pistons to open/close various paths for hydraulic fluid. To engage/disengage clutch packs.

So repairing the linkage somewhere before those pistons seems to be the next step.

Has anybody torn into a PowerShift?

And I assume the problem here is in the PowerShift portion of the transmission. The range selector part would be a normal geared transmission with forks etc.