Well, even if this transmission doesn't work right, it should still have been a good deal...
Once I got it home, I put the shifter back in, and proceeded to discover that all gears work, *except* low. (or 1st) The fluid that came out of it looked/smelled fine, and I didn't see any metal chunks, but when I put it in low, both input and output shafts are locked up tight. Absolutely no slop, which is nice, except it doesn't move at all! : )
Looking at http://home.attbi.com/~jmdufr/Joe/4spd/page2.jpg I can't see how it can be something with the shift rail, although the ones I'm used to are case iron..if it wasn't cast iron, I guess an idiot could bend the shift "fork" trying to force it into low. Does anyone know what the fork is made of? Since 1st/2nd (thats nice, manual says 1-2-3-4, handle says L-1-2-3 : ) share the same lever, it would appear that anything that affects 1 would likely affect 2... It shifts into each gear nicely, (better than my '76) and the guy was *supposedly* driving it up until the engine quit, but I guess he was never using low.
Any thoughts? I'll pop the cover off, but not sure that will tell me much, unless I can see the fork is obviously bent or something...gonna have to tear it apart to swap the output shaft anyway, hope I can find one of those instead of having a dead truck for a few days...
Once I got it home, I put the shifter back in, and proceeded to discover that all gears work, *except* low. (or 1st) The fluid that came out of it looked/smelled fine, and I didn't see any metal chunks, but when I put it in low, both input and output shafts are locked up tight. Absolutely no slop, which is nice, except it doesn't move at all! : )
Looking at http://home.attbi.com/~jmdufr/Joe/4spd/page2.jpg I can't see how it can be something with the shift rail, although the ones I'm used to are case iron..if it wasn't cast iron, I guess an idiot could bend the shift "fork" trying to force it into low. Does anyone know what the fork is made of? Since 1st/2nd (thats nice, manual says 1-2-3-4, handle says L-1-2-3 : ) share the same lever, it would appear that anything that affects 1 would likely affect 2... It shifts into each gear nicely, (better than my '76) and the guy was *supposedly* driving it up until the engine quit, but I guess he was never using low.
Any thoughts? I'll pop the cover off, but not sure that will tell me much, unless I can see the fork is obviously bent or something...gonna have to tear it apart to swap the output shaft anyway, hope I can find one of those instead of having a dead truck for a few days...
