2002 Ranger electric transfer case conversion

[mexsudo]

That Borg Warner Electric to Manual Shift Conversion Kit article has a couple videos linked.
Knowing what's inside the controller box and how it works... Interesting.
Maybe a stick/cable homebrew isn't out of my reach.

 

[bobbywalter]

Has nobody ever written up building cable-shifting for these cases? Either a push-pull cable with a manual tcase, or a rotary cable with a Shiftster?

i have not had a stock manual shifter in over 30 years. i dont like how they bind up and i prefer a body lift for maintenance.

only stock ones i use will be the e shift units. they tend to work pretty good as long as you clean them and grease the connections every few years.

i have used a right ang driver to manual shift an e case for some time in the past, but like most stuff i dont write up and back then i did not have pictures....only what others gave me.

 

[mexsudo]

BTW: a couple days ago I heard of a manual box for sale at a wrecking yard. By the time I got there it was being installed with the manual transmission into a customer's pickup.
He said he gets them in sometimes, will call me....
Hens teeth are out there.

 

[bobbywalter]

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use that and some nestable square stock to make a manual shifter. i have had to do it before to get by. not ideal but workable.

 

[mexsudo]

i have not had a stock manual shifter in over 30 years. i dont like how they bind up and i prefer a body lift for maintenance.

only stock ones i use will be the e shift units. they tend to work pretty good as long as you clean them and grease the connections every few years.

i have used a right ang driver to manual shift an e case for some time in the past, but like most stuff i dont write up and back then i did not have pictures....only what others gave me.

My Jeep YJ and my Suzuki both had manual. Neither gave me any trouble, nor did my 1963 F150 either.

Maybe you were unlucky

 

[bobbywalter]

My Jeep YJ and my ex Suzuki had manual. Neither gave me any trouble, nor my 1973 F150 either.

Maybe you were unlucky

specifically ranger shifters.


if you have a truck with no provisions on the transmission extension housing and can not find the floor plate and shifter for a manual transmission ranger.... i would not waste the time and money to find or install a tail housing ect to shift a t case.

now...if you have it for free or very low cost, by all means go for it.

building in the style of say a jeep XJ....easily acquiring readily available parts from an XJ for instance and incorporating some of those components to get your manual shift transfer case working will be the easy button.

regardless. it is easy to make a shifter for a manual shift t case. if that is stopping you then swapping it out wont be any fun either.


my trucks are modified with different powertrains and components. you do what you need to to make them work the way you want them to.

 

[lowspeedpursuit]

I remember in Jeep-land, TJ shifters could bind when they got all rusted up, and everyone was all about cable shifters, but half of that discussion always felt like ad copy for Novak.

The Ranger manual shifter is just kind of wonky at the best of times. The bushing on the big bolt disintegrates, and getting around N into and out of 4L can be sticky.

Properly adjusted 2H <-> 4H has never given me any trouble, though.

I always wanted to explore a cable shifter because like bobby said, a BL jacks the stock one up. Even 1" means you have to hack the floor plate to accomodate the longer throw.

 

[4x4junkie]

Has nobody ever written up building cable-shifting for these cases? Either a push-pull cable with a manual tcase, or a rotary cable with a Shiftster?

I've suggested this here in the past of using a cable & drum system on it (cable & pulley, rotating wheel, etc.).
As the cable is pulled, it "unwinds" from the drum (shifting it to 4HI, then N, then 4LO). When the cable is released, a circular spring then winds the pulley & cable back to the 2HI position.

The lever you use to pull the cable with can have detents on it for 2HI, 4HI, N, 4LO. An unknown would be how finicky your cable adjustment is though (certainly you would want something to adjust for that on it, like what is often seen on bicycle derailleur and brake cables). Also your lever length-to-pulley diameter ratio will matter too.

Not having an E-shift case, I've not had an opportunity to actually implement such a setup, but in theory this should work.

 

[SenorNoob]

I've wondered how hard it would be to take the e-shift motor apart and replace the motor with a 1/4 hex drive cable. Leaving the gear in place. Maybe even the switches to use as indicators. Then make a bracket for a palm ratchet somewhere in the cab.

 

[mexsudo]

thanks for all the ideas and info.
today is the day, going to go under and have a look.