Jones
Bigger Hammer
Wish I had pictures to attach here as it always makes things clearer and more interesting, but unfortunately I don't this time...
I was at a wrecking yard yesterday that had several Willys trucks (all part of the yard owners "private collection", I was told), so naturally I checked them all out. Not too surprisingly, all were modified to one degree or another.
One in particular really caught my attention, as the yard owner was going to use the body for a chassis swap project. As I am contemplating doing a frame-off rebuild of my truck, I thought I'd check this one out to see what it offered. When I looked the truck over, I saw that it had a fairly clean Ford 6 cyl engine swap done to it, but aside from that the truck appeared dead stock and in decent shape. Cool!
Wondering if it also had overdrive, I looked in the cab. It had three shifters sticking up from the floor. Now, since my pickup was modified by someone to the point where there is nothing original left in the drivetrain, Im not sure how to interpret this.
Is it one stick for the trans, one for the transfer case, and one for the overdrive unit? I tried to verify this to be the case, but Ive seen all kinds of Warn units in Willys that have two sticks just for the OD - I assume for high and low ranges.
To make matters murkier, aren't there some two-stick transfercases? So, in threory, you could end up with as many as five shifters sticking up from the floor, or maybe more?
If it helps, going from memory here....I seem to remember two shifters being about the same height and then one to the right being shorter.
Is it possible to tell without crawling under the truck (not easy where it is parked) or driving it (not an option)?
Thanks in advance! Jones
I was at a wrecking yard yesterday that had several Willys trucks (all part of the yard owners "private collection", I was told), so naturally I checked them all out. Not too surprisingly, all were modified to one degree or another.
One in particular really caught my attention, as the yard owner was going to use the body for a chassis swap project. As I am contemplating doing a frame-off rebuild of my truck, I thought I'd check this one out to see what it offered. When I looked the truck over, I saw that it had a fairly clean Ford 6 cyl engine swap done to it, but aside from that the truck appeared dead stock and in decent shape. Cool!
Wondering if it also had overdrive, I looked in the cab. It had three shifters sticking up from the floor. Now, since my pickup was modified by someone to the point where there is nothing original left in the drivetrain, Im not sure how to interpret this.
Is it one stick for the trans, one for the transfer case, and one for the overdrive unit? I tried to verify this to be the case, but Ive seen all kinds of Warn units in Willys that have two sticks just for the OD - I assume for high and low ranges.
To make matters murkier, aren't there some two-stick transfercases? So, in threory, you could end up with as many as five shifters sticking up from the floor, or maybe more?
If it helps, going from memory here....I seem to remember two shifters being about the same height and then one to the right being shorter.
Is it possible to tell without crawling under the truck (not easy where it is parked) or driving it (not an option)?
Thanks in advance! Jones