Got everything mocked up on the bench then started adding to my shifter. My plan is to paint the base black, I want to make two panels to cover the guts of it, I’ll like clear coat it or silver or something of that nature. I need to get some hardware for it. I want to asl make them sort of gated. And I need to order some billet knobs
This is pretty much where I want my shifter at, it clears the trans shifter abs covers the hole from the factory shifter. You can see where I added 1/8” strips so I can drill and tap for some cap screws.
Also the rwd shifter engages smooth and since I need to grease the pivot for the shifter arms it felt solid, lol. I broke my stud off my fwd shifter, but I’ll fix that tomorrow. Apparently I just tacked it on. Also no gear oil coming out the tcase vent, so that was good on my test drive. I need to find a better way to route my speedo cable now. I’ve got a good idea of how much of the floor I’ll have to modify to get the tcase up high enough to build the belly pan like I want, which would help speedo cable routing. But first I need to box the frame and fur it down once I get some more materials. I’ll prob have to retube the front driveshaft, but the angle will be better on it. And out back I’ll have to do cut off and reweld my perches.
Everything felt good on the test drive besides the paper gaskets on the PTO covers are seeping. I made sure the bolts were snug before the test drive, but I guess no dice. I’ll prob just glue them on with some rtv. Later on I’ll either make some or buy some, I have a feeling they must be warped. The adapter seems to be dry. Also wish I had put a sight tube on the 205.
