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marty
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 5:17 pm: | |
has anyone moved the MCI8 gear selector from the right to the left side? |
Brian Brown (Fishbowlbrian)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 6:59 pm: | |
Those Limeys are used to shifting with the left hand...
Wow, I'd think it'd be quite the project. You'd have to utilize some bellcranks, cables, etc. and be able to get to the areas for lubing/ tightening/ servicing. Doable? I'm sure. Worth it? Dunno.
Maybe an Allison's in your future?
BB |
Lyle Davis
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 8:21 pm: | |
hi marty i have mc8 moved selector to left side no probelm i like it mutch better lyle |
marty
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 9:05 pm: | |
I would like to discuss how you accomplished this. BTW I have a 1978 with an automatic Trans.
My cell is 404 376 6169 Thx Marty |
Ear-8-Ky
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 9:27 pm: | |
I was going to move my gear shift to the left side too. Got the parking brake moved no problem. Just had to add a little tubeing. Got the hole cut for the gear shift and when I tried to move it the cable was to short. Could have located it father back but did not like this idea. I am still thinking about it. Mine is a Auto. too. |
James Maxwell (Jmaxwell)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 10:15 pm: | |
Yes, you can do it, and fairly straightforward if u have a cable shifter cable from Morse. The cable can be had for abt. $125-150 from a marine supply place. Saw some 40 and 45 footers on the Bay recently for under $50. It does work better and gets that tower out of the way. 2 man job to fish the cable down thru the tunnel. If u have the tube linkage it can be disconnected and left or pull it. If u pull it, tie a heavy lead line to it and pull it thru with the lingage, then tie onto cable and pull it thru. As I recall, we had to fab the cable connectors to the shift lever but they may be available from Morse. |
R. Steve Nichol (N4rsn)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 18, 2005 - 9:21 am: | |
On my 4106, I was so tired of wiggling around my shifter, and the console, that I removed the console, and than I still had a shifter sticking up in the way. I removed the bolts holding ther shifter to the selector box, and cut it off about 2 inches above the pivot point of the shifter, and welded a 3/4 to 1" adaptor, (snap-on, or equal quality) to the top part of the shifter, with the female, ( 3/4") end mated to the shifter handle.
Than I welded A 1" x whatever size fits the bottom shaft, socket to the bottom.
Be sure to set everything in place, and mark it, so it will be the way you want it, before you do any welding.
I also use an #8 pool ball for a shifter knob. In the bottom side, and to the rear of the knob, I drilled, and countersunk a N/O mimi-button switch, from Rat Shack. Than ran some # 16 speeker wire down the shifter shaft. At the bottom is installed a 2-pole polarity plug, so it can be disconnected.
Than wired the reverser shift button to the switch on the shifter. You have a choice, you can leave the button on the dash, or as I did, completely remove it. Now I can remove the shifter when I get ready to get out of the drivers seat, and my Reverse button can be operated with one hand.
The shifter can be hidden for extra security. It is hard to drive a bus without a shifter.
Hope someone can use this
Steve |
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