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My father was the original owner of a 1954 F100 and I am trying to get it running after 40 years of sitting in a garage. I need to replace wiring, etc. and pulled the engine only to find that the transmission is in gear and it will not go into neutral or rather I am not able to figure out how to get it in neutral outside of the frame. Does the release lever only travel on one axis (forward/back)? What is the technique to get the truck into neutral?
Thank you for the quick reply. Unfortunately I don’t understand which two levers shafts are being described. From the picture I attached is there something I need to do with what I believe is the release lever (bar with circular connector directly above the engine mount) or where the rods attach to the transmission itself. Any further assistance would be greatly appreciated.
These shafts circled in red are "slotted", they have a square part that a lever attaches to so it can change the gears. I always get confused on which lever is for which set of gears, but one controls Reverse and 1st, and the other controls 2nd and 3rd.
Each lever has 3 active movements: GEAR--NEUTRAL--GEAR
to be in true neutral, both hypothetical levers needs to be in that middle "neutral" setting.
How to turn those shafts without their lever is interesting, if you use a vice grip and gall it whatsoever, you might have some real trouble fitting the correct lever when you find it. Be gentle.
That trans looks nice, that yellow paint on the bellhousing could be original paint., hopefully the insides are good. I have 7 of these transmissions, and found that even the versions with chipped teeth and rusty bearings still had good synchros.
Synchros are only for 2-3 gear, no synchro for 1st.
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The engines in 54 were red . I see red at the far left of the picture. The bell housing is yellow. So did your father have to replace that at some point? Did he replace the tranny?
When you have time show us pictures of your truck, both old and present. A lot of us have family heirloom trucks like you.
put the appropriate size open end wrench on the flats of each shift shaft and you should be able to turn each shaft through its 3 positions, if one is not in neutral the other one may not turn, you may need to slightly rock the output shaft to get gear alignment
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