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Moving the engine/trans back 3" and leaving the body lifted 2" seriously screwed up the transmission shift linkage. I tried adding rod to the old linkage, making a new linkage and re-bending the old/new linkage, but nothing seemed to get all of the gears to shift right. Finally, I gave up and ordered a beefcake Winters (Art Carr) cable shifter. I think it has just the right look for a resto-mod HMMWV. I then went about grafting the new trans shifter and the old t-case shifter together. An hour of chopping up parts with the band-saw, drilling and fitting left me with a fully functional trans and t-case shifter setup. I had to use a cut-off wheel and a die grinder to open the hole up in the tub for the new unit to fit in. Once I got everything test fit, I drilled the new holes in the body for the mounting bolts, bolted the shifter in, ran the cable, installed the cable bracket, installed the neutral safety switch, lengthened the t-case shift linkage and tested everything out. It worked like a champ!
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