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- 1985
- Make / Model
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My inspiration, as per usual the Chevy system is simpler to work with.The technical term is "front dig"
Great work so far, I am looking forward to seeing your final shifter design. I happen to have two 205 shifters myself and it should be even easier for me since my trans was designed to have a 205 behind it. Twin stick 205 has been on my mod list for quite a while.
https://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/general-4x4-discussion/572617-how-np-205-twin-stick-cheap.html
I am going to have to tweak the levers some, they bind when beside each other. Cut some of the pivot bushing off of one and move it to the other side basically and trim the other one to shorten it up.
Yeah, at first it sounds like you just throw a 205 on like any other tcase, there is more to it than that. One thing that kinda makes me nervous is the input shaft seal retainer is supposed to locate itself in the transmission so it doesn't have any weight on the trans output shaft. I am going to have to watch that so I am not pushing the end of the trans output shaft down with my 130+ lb tcase. And then you have to notch it. And finagle levers to come out in a decent location, your trans is shorter so they would come out much farther ahead than mine. I am probably going to have to run a strap ahead off of those two bosses on the side of my trans and mount the levers on that farther ahead.
And I wish someone made OEM looking twin stick knobs, I might just have to run blank ones.
Most are Chevy or Dodge though, Ford didn't run the married style very long and 4x4's were not the norm in the 70's like they are now.I love it and it really doesn't look that difficult. There does seem to be a lot of these transfer cases around! But in my case I'll be lucky if I even get around to getting the "shiftster" to manually switch my BW1354
I am pretty much going to have the Shifster setup until I get the levers done, just push/pull shift rails rather than turn a knob lol.
Anyway to recap tonight, took the wife out for winning grand champion in the bread contest at the county fair. It was fun but I only had an hour left for the truck. Exhaust is off the header (PITA) shifter is out, starter is out.
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