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Why not just fix your stock linkage its easy it maybe a little complicated but if you look at it and think about its an easy setup
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ive also done the solid linkage conversion, the shifting in the tcase is much firmer than the stock setup.
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Like i stated before, My linkage is extremely rusty and is bent from when my old Tcase blew up. There is no fixing my current linkage, and like all of the OP have said, the stock linkage is crap.Originally Posted by 99 Purple XJ
Why not just fix your stock linkage its easy it maybe a little complicated but if you look at it and think about its an easy setup
Well, I have started gathering parts to put together a linkage modeled off of the link on page 1...
It's not nearly as easy for me to find the stuff that I need here in Nashville for some reason, but I have the rod ends and hardware for mounting. Still need to find a new bracket for the tcase and modify my stock shifter bracket. My new welder will be here next weekend so hopefully I can get going by then. I'll update as it get going and do a write up in the write up section.
It's not nearly as easy for me to find the stuff that I need here in Nashville for some reason, but I have the rod ends and hardware for mounting. Still need to find a new bracket for the tcase and modify my stock shifter bracket. My new welder will be here next weekend so hopefully I can get going by then. I'll update as it get going and do a write up in the write up section.
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anyone?Originally Posted by Lyferxb9s
Does this mod work for the np242? My jeep feels like its stuck in 4hi
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I don't know much about the 242... The OP might know. I'm sure you can get creative and make it work Originally Posted by Lyferxb9s
anyone?
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hey lead foot
any idea when those linkage kits will be available and for how much??
just got a great jeep today to daily cause my other is gettin too built, but it has this linkage problem and after figuring out what i need to do, id rather buy the kit than have to find a blazer link.
Ill buy one the second you make them available
thanks.
any idea when those linkage kits will be available and for how much??
just got a great jeep today to daily cause my other is gettin too built, but it has this linkage problem and after figuring out what i need to do, id rather buy the kit than have to find a blazer link.
Ill buy one the second you make them available
thanks.
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Yes. This linkage will work with the 242. And I'm looking at the kit being available in about a week for around 50 bucks. In working on trying to find a supplier for the parts where I can get a good deal for buying a bigger quantity.
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I plan on offering an easy complete kit similar to this in the future for people that cant or dont want to source the parts. but with left and right hand threads for easier adjustability.
I used 7/16" heims. and cut the head off a grade 8, fully threaded bolt. 7/16" heims fit like a glove in the stock linkage holes.Originally Posted by Lead Foot
Buy some 3/8s heims, nuts, and some all thread from a local hardware store. Get rid of all that extra stock nonsense. Run strait from the shifter lever to the case lever. The case lever needs to be a little longer eye to eye to allow full throw and also needs to be rotated 180 degrees to work properly instead of low being high and high being low at the shift position. For this, go to the junk yard and pull the case lever off a 231 out of like a Blazer. I plan on offering an easy complete kit similar to this in the future for people that cant or dont want to source the parts. but with left and right hand threads for easier adjustability.
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http://www.bsfab.net/?p=26
i almost copied his. I just modified and flipped the stock lever. also had to lengthen the lever at the body side about 3/4" to get it to engage firmly.Originally Posted by bambam1017
Here's the links to the build thread he was talking about. It's what I'm probably going to end up doing. Novaks a little speedy and I heard its a little flimsy. http://www.bsfab.net/?p=26
As for cable shifters, a billiondy people use them, they shift fine as long as you make everything solid enough and don't cheap out on the cables.
I'm going to be running 3 with my new setup. I would do mechanical linkage If It was easy, but its a pretty custom application and cable shifters just make it much easier to set up.
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Ill buy one cause im worried i am damaging my jeep driving it like this.Originally Posted by Lead Foot
Yes. This linkage will work with the 242. And I'm looking at the kit being available in about a week for around 50 bucks. In working on trying to find a supplier for the parts where I can get a good deal for buying a bigger quantity.
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I used 7/16" heims. and cut the head off a grade 8, fully threaded bolt. 7/16" heims fit like a glove in the stock linkage holes.
i almost copied his. I just modified and flipped the stock lever. also had to lengthen the lever at the body side about 3/4" to get it to engage firmly.
As for cable shifters, a billiondy people use them, they shift fine as long as you make everything solid enough and don't cheap out on the cables.
I'm going to be running 3 with my new setup. I would do mechanical linkage If It was easy, but its a pretty custom application and cable shifters just make it much easier to set up.
What do you mean you had to "lengthen the lever at the body side about 3/4?" any pictures?Originally Posted by ktmracer419
I used 7/16" heims. and cut the head off a grade 8, fully threaded bolt. 7/16" heims fit like a glove in the stock linkage holes.
i almost copied his. I just modified and flipped the stock lever. also had to lengthen the lever at the body side about 3/4" to get it to engage firmly.
As for cable shifters, a billiondy people use them, they shift fine as long as you make everything solid enough and don't cheap out on the cables.
I'm going to be running 3 with my new setup. I would do mechanical linkage If It was easy, but its a pretty custom application and cable shifters just make it much easier to set up.
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no pics. Just welded a square piece of steel with a 7/16" hole in it on the end.Originally Posted by TN12valve
What do you mean you had to "lengthen the lever at the body side about 3/4?" any pictures?
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Gotcha. Thank you.Originally Posted by ktmracer419
no pics. Just welded a square piece of steel with a 7/16" hole in it on the end.
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I hate to bring up a few months old thread but Lead Foot did you ever get a linkage kit thrown together for sale? I am interested as my jeep keeps popping out of 4hi and i dont want to deal with a rusty stock linkage setup.