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Well after months of crawling under the jeep to use an adjustable on the T-case shifter to shift gears i finally got tired of it and figured i'd make something up.
Combine that with the fact that i'm bored out of my mind half the time and am always trying to make an extra buck. So far i've made up some Custom Sway-bar Disconnects and a 231 and 242 shifter. Pictures of the swaybar disconnect upon request.
Please note that if you have a welder/know how to weld/have a buddy with a welder there is an easier way. I wanted to make something that was 100% bolt on for people that don't have access to a welder.
Did some research and it turns out that the only "simplified" shifting is for the 231 and will not work on the 242. There was something for the 242 but it was super expensive and not what i wanted.
I was alone in the dark here. The main reason the the 231 shifter wont work on the 242 is because of the extra gear. It doesn't have enough throw in it. I figured i'd need to extend the shifter lever to get the extra throw. Since there is only one bolt i figured if you bolted something to it (like 1/4" plate) the one bolt would act as a pivot point and allow it to move all over the place and not shift a damn thing.
I saw some unistrut in my garage and it hit me. It would be perfect. I wedged a 1/4" plate on one side of it (see pictures) and a 1/16" piece on the other side to make it snug on the shifter handle when pushed on it. To hold these in place i drilled a hole through the unistrut and popriveted them both in place.
I then got some 3/8"-16 bolts, some 3/8" spacers, some washer, some nylok lock nuts, and two 3/8"-24 heim joints and some threaded rod.
I slide the unistrut over the stock shifter lever, stuck a 1 1/2" long 3/8"-16 bolt through it, threw a 3/8" spacer on it, and then a big washer and locknuted it in place. It was extended.
For the bottom i stuck a 3" 3/8-16 bolt through the unistrut. I put on 1 1/2" of spacers, and then the heim joint, and then a washer and locknuted that in place.
Cut a piece of threaded rod and screwed it into my custom T-case shifter and then screwed it into my new extension. Works perfect.
Shifting is 100% tighter, no reverse gear pattern, no binding, no slipping out of gear. It's night and day. All gears go in perfect and are aligned with what the shifter says in the jeep.
Figured this might help someone out as it took me FOREVER to figure it out.
If anyone wants to buy one we can discuss prices.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ThF04dj4p0[/ame]
Well after months of crawling under the jeep to use an adjustable on the T-case shifter to shift gears i finally got tired of it and figured i'd make something up.
Combine that with the fact that i'm bored out of my mind half the time and am always trying to make an extra buck. So far i've made up some Custom Sway-bar Disconnects and a 231 and 242 shifter. Pictures of the swaybar disconnect upon request.
Please note that if you have a welder/know how to weld/have a buddy with a welder there is an easier way. I wanted to make something that was 100% bolt on for people that don't have access to a welder.
Did some research and it turns out that the only "simplified" shifting is for the 231 and will not work on the 242. There was something for the 242 but it was super expensive and not what i wanted.
I was alone in the dark here. The main reason the the 231 shifter wont work on the 242 is because of the extra gear. It doesn't have enough throw in it. I figured i'd need to extend the shifter lever to get the extra throw. Since there is only one bolt i figured if you bolted something to it (like 1/4" plate) the one bolt would act as a pivot point and allow it to move all over the place and not shift a damn thing.
I saw some unistrut in my garage and it hit me. It would be perfect. I wedged a 1/4" plate on one side of it (see pictures) and a 1/16" piece on the other side to make it snug on the shifter handle when pushed on it. To hold these in place i drilled a hole through the unistrut and popriveted them both in place.
I then got some 3/8"-16 bolts, some 3/8" spacers, some washer, some nylok lock nuts, and two 3/8"-24 heim joints and some threaded rod.
I slide the unistrut over the stock shifter lever, stuck a 1 1/2" long 3/8"-16 bolt through it, threw a 3/8" spacer on it, and then a big washer and locknuted it in place. It was extended.
For the bottom i stuck a 3" 3/8-16 bolt through the unistrut. I put on 1 1/2" of spacers, and then the heim joint, and then a washer and locknuted that in place.
Cut a piece of threaded rod and screwed it into my custom T-case shifter and then screwed it into my new extension. Works perfect.
Shifting is 100% tighter, no reverse gear pattern, no binding, no slipping out of gear. It's night and day. All gears go in perfect and are aligned with what the shifter says in the jeep.
Figured this might help someone out as it took me FOREVER to figure it out.
If anyone wants to buy one we can discuss prices.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ThF04dj4p0[/ame]
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