holycaveman

I know this may sound weird but I want my Auto transmission to stay in the gear I put it in. As in not kick down. And it would be nice to be able to start out in second in low range.

Anyone know if this is possible?

I won my first mud run to day. And I know I could shave quite a bit of time if I could start out in second gear.

CheapCherokee

did you try searching?

http://www.radesignsproducts.com/Baja.html

tylers89

That would be sweet!

holycaveman

Wow! That is awesome. Thanks

Exactly what I was wanting.

Didn't know such a thing existed.

CheapCherokee

yup.

i want to get one eventually but its not really high on the priority list right now, sooooo until then i will be letting the TCU shift

Crazy Amos

So when you switch to this, do you have to change the way your converter locks up?

Does this thing replace the stock P-R-N-D setup? If so, where is park reverse and neutral on it?

CheapCherokee

its totally up to you. when you use this shifter, the TCU is basically turned off. you are now shifting with relays wired up to the transmission solenoids. this means you will also need to wire in a lock up switch if you want to use it. you can make a switch to differentiate between the shifter and TCU as well, so you still have automatic option.

to answer your last question, it does not replace PRND setup. the stock shifter would have to be shifted into D for the manual shifting to work.

Crazy Amos

ok, now that you say that, my question was a pretty dumb one.

I guess a bracket or a box would need to be fabbed up too. Where do you think a good place would be? I can't think of a place that would be accessed easily and still look good.
Where are you putting yours?

CheapCherokee

i have a column shift MJ which i swapped in a 97+ center console into. which means i have an empty hole where a shifter was supposed to go, if you know what i mean

look further on the website, they make a smaller version of the shifter that more floor shift XJs use. with some searching you can find multiple threads on installs of both their shifters into XJs. I've seen them near the e brake handle as well as on the side of the center console.

NWhunter

And this is why I have a AX-15 manual in my 97. I start in 3rd gear / 4LO and get all the torque I need.

holycaveman

Yes I thought for mud racing a standard would be king. However 75% of the trucks I competed against in my class were standard. And I did pull off the win.

Plus using a clutch on hairy trails is a lot of work, and can be quite scary on technical hills.

fox128

I have the rad designs rail shifter. Works good my only complaint is it doesn't slide from gear to gear very smoothly.

If you have a newer xj it will throw a code but there are ways around that.

Crazy Amos

Can you post a pic of the way you mounted yours?

fox128

Yeah I can later tonight or tomorrow I don't have one on my phone.

I do have a pic of how it's wires kind of. I used 2 dpdt switches (one 4pdt would work better). Both switches down is normal operation. Both switches up is manual shift control with the tcu being routed to the 2 clearance lights under the dash, which puts enough of a load on the tcu that it doesn't throw a code.



When manually shifting at night you can see the glow from the lights shining on the floor as the turn on and off. Since they are both off in 4th gear it doesn't bother me.

Also know that to hold it in 1st gear going down hill the factory shifter needs to be in 1-2

fox128

I just used self tappers



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