Paging Crowmolly, who I think wanted to see this.

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile) 04/22/2015 at 12:23 • Filed to: None

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Three shift levers where once there were two. Other pictures below. I’ve got a little more work to do on the setup (okay, a good bit), but these are the levers.

^Old levers

^New levers, spread out.

Yes, I know my pieces are kind of redneck-looking. The blade on the bandsaw hadn’t been replaced and I had a lot of trouble with the punch.

Jcarr > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/22/2015 at 12:25

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Looks good. What’s the project?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jcarr 04/22/2015 at 12:26

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This would be the Ranchero - converting a 3-on-the-tree column to shift four gears.

crowmolly > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/22/2015 at 12:29

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Hell yeah, thanks for sharing!

I like the inclusion of the spacers. It reminds me of the guts of a Hurst Competition plus.

Are you going to gusset the two new curved arms? Will they flex at all?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > crowmolly 04/22/2015 at 12:34

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I can’t see gussets being necessary, really - they’re not bent any more than the old ones, and the 304 S/S is pretty hard. Plus, unlike the old ones, they’re not going to be pushing at an angle all the way back *at* the trans since I need a relay lever for each. I overground the spacers a bit and have yet to do a little finish grinding on the levers, so having the spacers work properly may require tweaking (work properly in this case = not turning at all in the column). I will post again when I’ve got the setup more turn-key, at least w.r.t. the column part.

crowmolly > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/22/2015 at 12:42

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Cool! Just wasn’t sure how much strain they would be under and they appear to be slightly thinner than the originals.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > crowmolly 04/22/2015 at 12:46

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They’re slightly thinner, but not much. The new ones are 11GA, which is to say they’re like .120, and the old ones are more like 5/32 (.157).

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > crowmolly 04/22/2015 at 12:51

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Off-topic, but did you see I got my rear suspension half-shafts back yesterday?

crowmolly > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/22/2015 at 12:53

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Yeah, kinja ate my “I can dig it” post apparently.

Something like “who is the shaft who can split your torque with his brother shaft?” Half-Shaft! Can you dig it?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > crowmolly 04/22/2015 at 13:19

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Nice.