Made my own short shifter
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Made my own short shifter
So I made a short shifter for the R150 Tacoma transmission. I lengthened the shaft below the fulcrum by around an inch by TIG welding in a piece of solid rod. and then made a spacer for the whole assembly. It works great! The throw is around 4.5 inches, stock was around 7 inches. I haven't cleaned it all up yet because it was more of an experiment at first, but now I know it will work. The best thing is that I have no money in it:
Here is a drawing I made for the spacer, in case anyone wants to make their own, its pretty simple. I would guess that it will work for the older R150's as well:
Here is a drawing I made for the spacer, in case anyone wants to make their own, its pretty simple. I would guess that it will work for the older R150's as well:
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Short throw shifter
Would it be possible to weld the extra length on the shaft with a wire feed instead of a tig welder? Would it hold up?
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I'm sure its possible to get it done with a MIG, as long as you put enough heat in it at first and clean it up well. Its just much easier to do it with a TIG in this case because you don't really need to add any material, just melt the two ends together and you can heat separately from adding material with TIG.
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I'm sure its possible to get it done with a MIG, as long as you put enough heat in it at first and clean it up well. Its just much easier to do it with a TIG in this case because you don't really need to add any material, just melt the two ends together and you can heat separately from adding material with TIG.
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