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Re: [oletrucks] Picking up a 4 spd

To: "Ronald Smiley" <smilin_ron@yahoo.com>,
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Picking up a 4 spd
From: "G. L. Perry" <glperry@fwi.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 15:31:01 -0500
Better grab that mount, other fella on this list is wanting one bad, and
others want them too. On the shifter off trans.....is top on trans? or whole
cover with shifter gone? There is no other lever than stock to fit in it. If
cover is gone, leave it alone, full of water and rust. Not too bad a price
if you can get the first half of driveshaft with it and the x-over for the
frame to  hold the mid-bearing up. Only diff like you said will be floor
shifting, not column. You don't use the low first gear for regular driving.

G. L. Perry
Huntington, IN 46750
glperry@fwi.com
Big AD trucks, COE
MM tractors and 1 Oliver!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronald Smiley" <smilin_ron@yahoo.com>
To: "oletrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 1:36 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Picking up a 4 spd


> Group:  I made a trip to the Aurora pull and save
> today.  The only thing interesting was a 54 or 55 1st.
>  It is well picked over, the engine is gone but the 4
> speed is there, bolted up to a torque tube.  It is my
> understanding, that the only thing I would gain over
> my three speed, is the granny gear and eliminating the
> three speed linkage.  My question is whether or not
> this is a worthwhile buy for sixty eight dollars.  The
> shifter is missing.  How difficult is it to find an
> aftermarket shifter?  It also has two angles mounted
> on the driver side in front of the rear fender.  They
> appear to be for bolting on a spare tire carrier.
> They don't appear to be a home made type of thing.
> Any insight is appreciated.
>
> Ron
> 53 3100
> Aurora Co
>
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