Not certain of the sequence, but I think I had just pushed the snow into a pile with the loader, raised the bucket slightly to back up, then stopped. Then when I tried to move forward I couldn't. Don't know if the lever moved forward but I definitely seemed to be in neutral. That's when I tried the experiment of simply raising and lowering the FEL. That alone got me going again.
Since I can't replicate the condition on demand I'll have to wait and try to be more observant next time.
ThreePoint,
The next time it happens, if you can note the following so that Kioti and our dealers can develop their understanding of the issue.
1) The type of hydro/transfluid used.
2) The ambient air temperature.
3) How warm (best guess) the hydro fluid was at the time (best guess: cold, warm, hot).
4) The gear in at the time and the direction the shift lever moved.
5) Intended direction of travel either forward or backward.
6) The load put on the gear at the time it popped and if you think it happened at a transition of load where perhaps the load on the transmission was momentarily slack.
7) And before any of this, confirmation that the shift level appeared to be adjust correctly so that the lever can index into every gear without hitting or coming close to hitting the plastic cover that covers the shift lever.
8) The type of task that was being done leading up to popping the gear out.
Also, are you having a problems getting the transmission into gear? Excessive issues even while tapping the forward and rearward HST pedals suggest a worn or bent shift fork.
