Havent driven the duals yet. Ive been waiting for the 2wd park pawl and a crossmember. It sucks waiting for parts but it gives you tons of time to spend tooooo much time making a console

The levers are as follows from the driver to the pass:
5:1, 2.28:1, 4wd, trans.

Due to the linkage all the shifts are opposite of stock.

Heres the frame



Here it is during construction, the seat is blocking the most of the linkage (heims) I have to pop the side panel off to hook up the cable for the trans, so ill snap a shot of that



I always wanted to make a custom console and I love supra consoles and early viper consoles so.......

 

Fits like a glove

 

I was going to but I didnt feel like it. I dont think I wanted to molest the face that bad just for a cb speaker

Oh and under the cb speaker there are 2 tiny light bulbs on a switch that will aid me in seeing which gear im in (since the B&M doesnt have gates) at night and night wheeling.They have a little cover over them to protect them and so they dont bother the driver.

 

"Houston we have a problem." Nice job

 

Its a busy truck, too busy. Between the auto shifters, winch, 2 torque converter controls, a set of hella 4000's, the duals, the CB.... I tried to keep it quiet and organized, but all I need now is an eject button.

 

I like how the CB, switches, and all fit perfectly in there. nice work

 

damn dude, you must have been waiting on parts for a while that is a pretty sick looking set-up. very nice work. you need some stickers on it.

 

What is the control for that's next to the speaker on the face there. The one that says shift... Brake proportioner?

 

That's the auto trans shifter. It offers gear select, torque converter lockup...

 

Yup I can selest any gear and any torque converter configuration. Any one who has driven the auto knows that it is shift happy and shifts at the wrong time. I dont really use it off road, but i might now with the duals

 

that looks very trick

mtm

 

That is one of the collest center consoles I have ever seen. Nice work.

 

Just figured Id round out this thread with some update pics with the new interior from the 3.4 donor...

 

That looks really good.

 

Hi,

What did you do for boots? I've my custom auto shifter working perfect but I need something to cover the hole... No duals thought.

The problem is that the auto shifter only goes FF-RR but in a wide motion while the T-Case lever has less movement but in all directions...



David

 

Great looking console.

 

Thats tricky. I was going to go with triple stick boots. But as I was designing it I figured I would take advantage of the fact that all 4 of my shifters only move front to back and that would allow me to line them all up. The boots are too bulky. On the underside of the top plate I attached a piece of black leather and cut slits in it to allow the shifters to move. It has worked great.

For you I think I would put a nice compact boot on the t-case shifter and a plate like mine for the auto stick. But since my "boot" doesnt actually protect the interior from the elements I would do something different for yours. Maybe heavy rubber. Or a slide like the stock shifter, install a piece of metal/plastic under the plate and have the shifter go through it so it would slide as the shifter moved....

Or make/buy a cable shifter and call it done (Art carr, locar, B&M...) Mine is a B&M (it was free) I just gutted all the ratcheting crap and just use it as a lever.

 

Thanks, I thought about that you mention. I'll try the leather/rubber with a cut method or will try to get a twin-stick boot.

I wanted to make a custom twin-stick but I had the idea after the T-Case was bolted to the tranny so it will stay like that.

I'm going to make a custom console similar to yours but not so high. Your's is an inspiration.

David