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Old Dec 24, 2016 | 05:44 PM
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Hopefully his shifter has been changed to the left side all ready and the problem might be in the linkage and not in the trans and could luck out on a cheep Ironhead
 
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Old Dec 24, 2016 | 07:04 PM
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Sorry did not state in OP right side shift (1974) but has forward controls, so linkage involved .
 
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Thats a bit different. You can remove the linkage and using a oem shift peg or carefully using vise-grips attempt to shift it manually. If the shaft moves freely it could just be the end of the shift shaft thats broken or damaged. A fairley easy fix with a few tools.
 
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Thanks 72 IH XLH, diagram is great, much needed info, sorry I omitted forward controls, not aware that much difference. Thanks again
 
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There was a conversion to left hand shift that used a rube goldburg setup of linkages
Also there are 2 versions of part #17
 
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