[Bob Carriere]

One adjustment is never enough.

I have readjusted my linkages at least on 3 major adjustment/occasions. Each time it ran well until I bounced around the back field and then "a" shifting problem would show up........

Phil's point that components do shift as we drive them and in the linkages-s-s-s as there are many..... do require tweaking...... I suspect this will never completely disappear....

Once you factor in the frame twist, oval (worn) bolt holes, the many loose pins, yoke, clevis connections it really becomes an art in itself to get it just right.

My particular problem was at the middle linkage ....item 17 in Phil's drawing. That particular rod coming out of the T case is adjusted by screwing in or out..... matching the ball detent ,... and matching the shifting rod inside the tower...... I had to remove the shifting hi-lo-winch lever so many times I could do it blind folded....... (Will come in handy if I break down in the bush one day)..... looking down the greasy hole with a flashlight to see how the gates/rods lined up..... so my middle rod needed adjustment....

So here was my headache.... that little item 17 will not come out without dropping the Tcase..... which is a bitch.... I did it once.... and modified the item 17 which has solid pins coming out of opposite side by fabricating a new one using bolts and lock nuts...... it sure came in handy when my earlier second adjustment needed more tweaking.... I was able to remove item 17 in a matter of minutes.... give it a few twist more and re-instal. The job really is a two man job ... me underneath adjusting slowly and Grant on top with a flashight telling me if I was moving in the right direction and how much was enough.....

For the time being it is working fine...... and I can actually now find reverse the first time I need it...... and shift the 2 to 4 and hi-low winch lever quite well as long as I have a mental picture of the peculiar shift pattern.... I guess that explains why they all had a brass shift plate prominently displayed.

None of these two levers will ever ...ever...compete for fast shifting like a Hurst shifter...!!!

My latest nightmare is finding the right spring tension on the throttle linkage to keep me from lurching back and forth when my foot bounces on the gas button when driving in the field.... the truck behaves like a frog when by big boot punches the gas..... maybe it is just an French ethnic thing...!!!!

How many spring are you using Phil...? How hard does it have to be..?
...oh no it getting worst....

Boob