Good Idea?
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From: Ontario Canada
Good Idea?
Hey guys, I have a 79. I bought a S4 TII tranny for my car a couple of days ago, not knowing you have to cut the console to fit the tranny shifter rod in. My dash is absolutely mint so im not doing that. So me and my buddy came up with the idea to shorten the tranny. We cut the shifter rod , tube, and the bracket for the shifter 4 inches to shorten it and welded the block that connects to the rod together. Now its only 2 inches longer than the factory set-up. We heated up the rod and bent it back a little bit so now you can't even notice a difference to the factory.
wheres my calculus book?
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From: st. george UT
i dont know if it is a good idea cus i dont know alot about trannys i understand them but havent ventured thier yet if you know what i mean lol, but it sure sounds like fun but that just me hehehe i like tearing apart stuff and puting it back togther 
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From: bolton, on
Of course it was a good idea!!!
the way you described it seems a little unclear...let me clarify.
what we did was take aprt the extension housing of the t2 transsmission. then hardest part was getting the roll pin out of the steel block that connects the shift rod to the extention shaft. then we marked four inches closer where the hole was on the extension shaft where the roll pin goes. after that we then cut the extension shaft, shaft housing, and the tube that contains the tranny fluid four inches shorter. easier said then done, everything has to be very precise. then we reassembled, and when we get a replacement for the steel block we buthered up, we simply align it with the mark we made, make a quick weld, and reinstall the tranny in the car. good as new!!!
for everyone who said it was impossible, and you have to bucther the dash
Im sure jp will post pics to show what we did. it was a very clever solution to a rather large problem.
what we did was take aprt the extension housing of the t2 transsmission. then hardest part was getting the roll pin out of the steel block that connects the shift rod to the extention shaft. then we marked four inches closer where the hole was on the extension shaft where the roll pin goes. after that we then cut the extension shaft, shaft housing, and the tube that contains the tranny fluid four inches shorter. easier said then done, everything has to be very precise. then we reassembled, and when we get a replacement for the steel block we buthered up, we simply align it with the mark we made, make a quick weld, and reinstall the tranny in the car. good as new!!!
for everyone who said it was impossible, and you have to bucther the dash
Im sure jp will post pics to show what we did. it was a very clever solution to a rather large problem.
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