reverse quit working on 2004 Rancher

[Spike76]

Last winter my reverse quit working and I was wondering if it would be something easy for me to fix?

[trapperdirk]

Sounds like a linkage problem . Follow your linkage from the shifter back . Have some one shifting it or trying to while you look while following the route back . Try moving it manually although I'm not sure if thats electronic or not . I think you will find your linkage is loose and a simple fix .

TD

[Spike76]

Trapperdirk, thanks for helping. I should have stated that it had electric shift. I found a different sight that told me what to check. Thanks again for responding, and I'm sorry I didn't reply sooner.

[trapperdirk]

No prob and hope you got it fixed .

TD

[BoxMN]

Spike, what fixed it? Froom advice here on my ES, I learned to make sure the battery is charged well, and that fixes most issues with ES. So far so good for me using that advice, though sometimes it seems a bit "Sticky" and takes a couple tries shifting from one gear to another. I don't race mine, run it fast, so maybe it just needs some "non grandpa" driving now and then, haha!

[Spike76]

BoxMN, it's up north of Brainerd, at my son's place. He's been too busy to check it out, hopefully I'll get up there soon to get it fixed. I was driving around in some fresh cuttings, when reverse quit working. I was told to check to make sure no wires got knocked off, and to check the fuses. When your battery wasn't fully charged, was it only reverse that didn't work?

[BoxMN]

Spike, nope, when battery is low, it shifts hard, or not at all. Also it happened a couple times on the ice last season, in the really really cold. It always started just fine in the cold, but I am not sure if the poor shifting happened due to the oil being stiff from cold, or from the battery being slightly lower voltage. But after warming up a bit (very short time) then shifting was fine again.

Somebody here told me to make sure you park it, shut it off, in Neutral, so at least you can start it - on mine I can't start in anything other than neutral - without the need to use ES to shift to N.

[Spike76]

BoxMN,I've had my shifting freeze up on me a few times. Once while trailering it to go to another lake, I left it in gear, when I got to the lake I couldn't get it in neutral to start it. I was to lazy to figure out how to shift it by hand, so I went back to Lower Mission, and put it in the garage until it would shift. Now when it is cold I leave it in neutral, so I can start it and let it warm up,then it shifts, before this happened. It shifts fine forward. I'm hoping I'll get up there soon and get it fixed.

[Spike76]

Found out it was linkage on brake handle, and reverse button. There was a small pin missing. Thanks to everyone who tried to help.

[gregg52]

well now that he solved his problem

heres one for you all

95 7.3 250xlt power stroke diesel

when you put it in reverse it like locks up and kills the motor

i have a few people tell what they think

any body experience this or heard of it before kind of a weird deal

[Dave S]

well now that he solved his problem

heres one for you all

95 7.3 250xlt power stroke diesel

when you put it in reverse it like locks up and kills the motor

i have a few people tell what they think

any body experience this or heard of it before kind of a weird deal

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