dan wrote:
I have a need to drive a john deere farm tractor at the boarding
stable that I keep my horse at. The only one who drove it left
suddenly after an argument with the owner. The tractor has two shift
levers going into the trans axle. I think one is like a four speed
auto giving four speeds, and the other gives forward and reverse plus
one or two other positions.

Are my finding correct so far, and what are the other positions?

Is there a lever to disconnect the PTO? there isn't anything hooked
up to it, but if possible I would like to not have it turning.

Do these things have any kind of parking brake? I figured out the
dual foot brakes OK.

I will get a model number when I go to the barn next, and will take a
pic of the controls.

Thanks.
Okay, sounds like you have a 1830-2130 type JD. The two levers are
indeed range and gear levers.
The left lever is the range lever and at the top-left position it will
be park. That's why you don't have any parking brakes, you have a park
gear. Top-right position is low-range (gears 1-4). Bottom-left is high
range (gears 5-8). Bottom-right is reverse. The other lever is for the
gears. Top-left is 1 (or 5) bottom-left is 2 (or 6), bottom-right is 3
(or 7), and top-right is 4 (or 8). It's not arranged like any manual
transmission is a truck, it's in a U-shaped shift pattern.

It's been a long while since we traded off our 1830 on a 6300 but I
thinks that's correct. The Range positions might be interchanged.

Hope this helps.

Jason Marshall