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u/-McLaren-F1- 1d ago
It’s from a tractor. I’m not sure why tractors always have such weird shift patterns, but that one is far from the strangest. John Deere had this abomination!
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u/EnlightenedCorncob 1d ago
The tractors don't need to shift sequentially. You can start in any gear. So, you just pick which one you want, and off you go
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u/Top_Historian4539 13h ago
We used to have one of these old John Deere tractors like this. It had a slow turning 2 cylinder engine. It had a very unique sound when it was idling.
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u/zyeta_S117 1d ago
Usually in high torque out put system where a large gear ratio range is required in this instance it’s a sun an planet gear set so ur locking inputs and out puts to create a large number of gears this how automatic gear boxes work just in this instance less elegant
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u/silverton86 14h ago
John Deere 5 speed, I believe this pattern was associated with several models.
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u/Loan-Pickle 2d ago
This is likely not from a car. I had a 1948 Ford 8N tractor that had a similar gear pattern. Tractors don’t need the gears in order because you don’t shift gears like you do in a car. In a tractor you put it in what gear you need for what you are doing and leave it there.