A near horror story for you, last weekend my 11 year old takes our 52 cub out for a spin down the road, (it was a fairly nice day) and I noticed that he was not coming back to the house after a little while. I look down the road and there's the cub, sitting halfway in the middle of the street! I jump in my bronco and go down the street to check it out. My boy says it stalled out. I check the trans to make sure its in neutral, and like a "el stupido" I proceed to pull the starter lever, (note I'm standing beside the cub instead of sitting on it). The ol' cub fires right up and suddenly it takes off backward into the ditch!!!! Luckily, I got out of the way but I couldn't for the life of me figure out what just happened; I run over and shut the cub off. Out comes the chain and my trusty 93 Ford Bronco & I do some impromptu wrecker duty. I note as I am pulling the cub out of the ditch that I am digging up the grass; its stuck in gear!!!! A neighbor helped as we nursed the cub back to the house by holding in the clutch and towing very slowly......Off comes the trans cover and to my delight the shifter forks were okay. The shifter just came out of the forks. I reset the forks to neutral and reinstalled the shifter. Everything seems to be working fine so far. YES, there is a moral to this story. NEVER, EVER start your cub standing beside it; just because you think it's in neutral, it may not be! This could have been a unhealthy and costly event; I'm lucky it wasn't. It just again proves the old phrase, assume nothing!!! :shock:
Transmission stuck in reverse
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Randal:
You are not the first, but hopefully this will not happen to too many more tractor owners.
I have taken to heart a lesson learned and expounded on a number of times by Big Dog, John and a lot of the other More Senior members of the family....
I am glad to hear that your son nor you were hurt, and that all is well. Good thing no damage done.. that was a stroke of luck......
You are not the first, but hopefully this will not happen to too many more tractor owners.
I have taken to heart a lesson learned and expounded on a number of times by Big Dog, John and a lot of the other More Senior members of the family....
1. Never stand behind or in front of the rear wheels when starting the tractor.
2. Never ever pull the starter until you have determined that the
transmission is in neutral. Assuming it is, is a recipe for a world of hurt.
3. Always, I repeat Always physically check that the transmission is in neutral by moving the stick through it's field of travel. If it moves freely, it is in neutral.
4. The 3rd point is true provided the tranny is not stuck in gear with the forks broken, out of alignment or some other physical problem....
I am glad to hear that your son nor you were hurt, and that all is well. Good thing no damage done.. that was a stroke of luck......
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Anonymous
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I think more of us have done this than we'd care to admit.
I have an unfortunate tendency to do minor maneuvering of a cub with the starter (like when mounting the plow would go so much easier, if the cub were 2" ahead of where it is now).
I don't recommend that anyone do this, By the way, it's just a bad habit I picked up over the years working on old cars with standard transmissions.
Anyhoo......twice now, I've been "sure" that the magneto button was pushed in, so it wouldn't start, but low and behold, I was mistaken. The cub started once in first and once in reverse for me. The sad thing is, when this happens, you have no "first instinct" whatsoever, because you are completely amazed at the impossibility of the event. The good thing is that even a slowpoke like me can walk alongside the cub until I figure out what's going on.
While it is possible to push in the clutch pedal with your hands with little difficulty, there is no way you can exert enough force with your hand on that queasy brake system to do much good. I know, because I have tried.
As long as no one gets hurt, these little "episodes" are all part of the fun of working with antiquities of all sorts. If you can't laugh at yourself, well, ok...you CAN always laugh at me, but you should work on laughing at yourself anyway.
I have an unfortunate tendency to do minor maneuvering of a cub with the starter (like when mounting the plow would go so much easier, if the cub were 2" ahead of where it is now).
I don't recommend that anyone do this, By the way, it's just a bad habit I picked up over the years working on old cars with standard transmissions.
Anyhoo......twice now, I've been "sure" that the magneto button was pushed in, so it wouldn't start, but low and behold, I was mistaken. The cub started once in first and once in reverse for me. The sad thing is, when this happens, you have no "first instinct" whatsoever, because you are completely amazed at the impossibility of the event. The good thing is that even a slowpoke like me can walk alongside the cub until I figure out what's going on.
While it is possible to push in the clutch pedal with your hands with little difficulty, there is no way you can exert enough force with your hand on that queasy brake system to do much good. I know, because I have tried.
As long as no one gets hurt, these little "episodes" are all part of the fun of working with antiquities of all sorts. If you can't laugh at yourself, well, ok...you CAN always laugh at me, but you should work on laughing at yourself anyway.
Patbretagne
501 Club
Glad no-one was hurt and Cub survived!
Jim Becker wrote not long ago, it is something that also comes from my past, always shake hands with the gearlever before starting.
Even if you are mounted on the steed it's a very good addage.
Pat
Jim Becker wrote not long ago, it is something that also comes from my past, always shake hands with the gearlever before starting.
Even if you are mounted on the steed it's a very good addage.
Pat
John(videodoc)
501 Club
glad your okay and your cub is back in order. Funny thing happened to me yesterday (similiar). i got stainless running again, so i went over tot he 68, to see ifn she would start. ASSUMING she was in nuetral, i went ahead an pushed the start button. Well she was in reverse(i was staninding along side) and proceeded to backup on to my foot 
Releasing the start button, and putting her into nuetral, and pushing her forward offn my foot took all of 2 seconds i think. I like that idea of shaking hands first, gots to keep that in mind. john
Releasing the start button, and putting her into nuetral, and pushing her forward offn my foot took all of 2 seconds i think. I like that idea of shaking hands first, gots to keep that in mind. john
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Anonymous
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VD,
I've never ran a tractor over my foot on concrete, but have done it many times on ground. In fact, daughter just ran over my ankle last fall with the cub cadet while I was lying under the A.
I'd imagine it hurts a heck of a lot more on concrete.
I've never ran a tractor over my foot on concrete, but have done it many times on ground. In fact, daughter just ran over my ankle last fall with the cub cadet while I was lying under the A.
I'd imagine it hurts a heck of a lot more on concrete.
This sort of thing is exactly why I worked so hard to get a diode onto the Super A, so that I could shut it off with a slap of the button. I didn't want to somehow get into a situation where it was moving toward or away from me uncontrolled and have to be reaching for the choke rod and hoping that it would slowly choke out!
John(videodoc)
501 Club
concrete kinda made me hurry a little faster to get it pushed backwards. luckily it only came up on my foot a bit. 