107 Hydrostatic locked in neutral

[Todd Allen]

I've got a 107 Hydro that without warning has locked into neutral I can't get the F&R lever to budge any ideas as to why so I can get it fixed ???? TIA

 

[dschwandt]

Is the brake pedal depressed?

 

[Todd Allen]

Yes it is we've tried everything we can think of

 

[dschwandt]

It will not go into gear with the brake pedal depressed is why I asked.
Release the brakes.
Applying the brakes should automatically bring the gear shift back to neutral.
Look for something haywire in that department.

 

[hydroharry]

Todd - well that's your problem then. The hydro lever won't move if the brake pedal is depressed. Depressing the brake pedal returns the lever to the Neutral position. Locking the brake pedal keeps the lever in neutral.

(oops, sorry I jumped in David).

 

[dschwandt]

Ya really think so Harry LOL!!

And, I might add, it SHOLUD NOT EVEN START with out the brake pedal being depressed.

 

[Todd Allen]

It doesn't I have to go thru the brake/clutch pedal to start it runs & starts fine just like it should but the F & R Lever won't budge out of Neutral

 

[hydroharry]

Ya really think so Harry LOL!!

And, I might add, it SHOLUD NOT EVEN START with out the brake pedal being depressed.

It doesn't I have to go thru the brake/clutch pedal to start it runs & starts fine just like it should but the F & R Lever won't budge out of Neutral

Ok David - I'll let you get into more details with Todd, but I wanted to add one thing.

Todd, after you start it up are you releasing the brake? The lever won't move with the brake still locked after it's running.

I'll be the first to admit the opposite problem. I probably had 3 or 4 times when I had non-start situations and I said to myself what the H is it this time. Then I realized I forgot to depress the brake pedal.

 

[Todd Allen]

As soon as it starts I release the pedal & it still won't budge

 

[dschwandt]

Probably something in this funky transmission control that this model used then.
You will have to get under it and have a look see.
We sure can't do it for you

 

[JPrattico]

I would agree that it must be something to do with the linkage and the mechanism that brings it back to neutral. When it works, it works fine, but theres lots of moving parts. I almost wonder if maybe at some point when you pressed the brake, it returned to neutral, and then the linkage managed to become disconnected somehow causing it to remain stuck in neutral?

 

[dschwandt]

That whole ass'y is prone to RUST if left out in the elements.
Like JP just said, works fine when it does work but.....