After getting the Sherman bolted in last weekend, I ordered some parts for the engine project and then was gone most of the week - got home to some of the parts and went to finish the starter mechanism and pedals/throwout bearing etc associated with the bell housing -
turns out that altho the Ferguson style Sherman makes allowances for the countershaft bearing cap and the gear shift reverse/starter shaft, it does not allow the use of the stock linkage -
some internet research found a thread here from 2008 about the same problem, but no pictures of a solution or an original set up - there was discussion of the custom linkage that would be necessary to make the stock starter switch work - here's what I worked out -
now I have to go scrounge up some metal and spend a bit of time fabricating - the original set up was disabled when I got this tractor and I've been using an automotive style starter switch since I've had it - it is tempting to not mess with this, but if I don't do it now the tractor would have to be split to do it later, so I guess I'll invest the time -
turns out that altho the Ferguson style Sherman makes allowances for the countershaft bearing cap and the gear shift reverse/starter shaft, it does not allow the use of the stock linkage -
some internet research found a thread here from 2008 about the same problem, but no pictures of a solution or an original set up - there was discussion of the custom linkage that would be necessary to make the stock starter switch work - here's what I worked out -
now I have to go scrounge up some metal and spend a bit of time fabricating - the original set up was disabled when I got this tractor and I've been using an automotive style starter switch since I've had it - it is tempting to not mess with this, but if I don't do it now the tractor would have to be split to do it later, so I guess I'll invest the time -