The first part of this feature covered the dismantling of the tractor, which had reached the stage of removing the broken gear selector. Access to the selector meant splitting the tractor between the gearbox and rear axle housing to allow the relevant selector rail to be withdrawn through the back wall of the gearbox.
The broken selector had been determined and its securing screw removed, but before the selector rail could be moved rearwards, the detent plunger was removed from the front end of the gearbox. There are three detent plungers, one for each of the three selector rails. The gear lever is moved over to the right to select second and third gear ratios, which
