So I guess I’m officially part of the twin stick club.
Although I’m excited to have it done, I’m not real happy with the quality of the job. The only reason behind that is the butchered floor plate. I’ll really need to keep an eye out for one meant for a manual trans/t-case to be satisfied.
Anyways, pics!
I forgot to take a pic of the nylon bushing I made for the linkage so this is the best I have. I cut a half inch thick disc off of some 2.5” nylon round stock at work and whittled it down into what you see. Basically drilled a .375” hole for the stud in the t-case side that has a .50” x .25”tall square around it. That left me with a .25” flange on the back side to hold the bushing on the shaft.
When I started stripping the case of the stuff I didn’t need, I ended up breaking the bolt for the speed sensor off in the case. Drilled it out to finish with a .25” hole and helicoiled it. Thread size was 1/4-20. Fortunately we had 1/4-20 helicoil inserts at work.
I originally wanted to pull the case apart to inspect the internals but after pressure washing and dropping the fluid that was in it, I decided against it. It was very clean. I did chase all of the trans adapter to t-case holes as well as both output yokes.
ID tag
And I finally have working 4-Lo. Still need to switch my Jeep shifter boot over for the trans shifter.
All that’s left is to pull out the electric shift case wiring/buttons and wire up the dash lights. I backed up into the front side yard to run it through the ranges and make sure I had the shifter gate adjusted right. Everything is working perfectly. I’m a happy camper. I did however notice my rear pinion seal is leaking though so that’s on the to do list now.
Bonus pic
Accidentally snapped this one while I was crawling out from under it after a test drive. The Explorer is my DD/kid hauler.
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