M135GX Shuttle Shift Problem

[isucowboyvet]

My new to me 2013 M135GX with about 2100 hours has been on my place for about 2 weeks and has been working flawlessly, until tonight. I started the tractor and let it warm up for about 10 minutes and went to feed cattle. Disengaged the park brake, shifted to medium range and flipped the shuttle to forward. Nothing. Indicator on the dash still read neutral. Flipped it to reverse and engaged properly back to forward and it worked. Now about half the time I shift to forward it take 3-5 attempts to get it to go forward. No noise, no grinding, just does nothing. Sometimes it works normally sometimes not. Anybody else have this problem? I'm hoping it's just the switch. I just paid a lot of money for this tractor and I pray it's not a transmission problem.

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[Tx Jim]

I'm not familiar with a M135GX. I will advise you to acquire a WSM for your tractor.

I'm glad my Kubota M7040 & other tractors I own have manually controlled hyd valves to operate trans not electronically controlled as I'm guessing your tractor is.

 

[Fedup]

Not exactly one of the "knowledgeable members" on this site, but my experience with computer controlled transmissions has shown that your symptom (if NOT accompanied by an error code) is usually the shuttle switch itself or the related wiring. It often gets more use than most other switches in the cab.

 

[isucowboyvet]

Update if anyone is interested it was just the switch. $170 later and taking the column apart it is working as it should. Have a good day everyone!

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[GeoHorn]

Those little Compact tractors have a lot of safety switches these days...

That’s a heck of a FEL on that thing! Gud luuking matchene!

 

[bernhardine]

... it was just the switch. $170 later and taking the column apart it is working as it should.

Thank you for posting the solution.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Update if anyone is interested it was just the switch. $170 later and taking the column apart it is working as it should. Have a good day everyone!

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Yes thank you for the solution reply!
Your very likely to help someone else down the line.