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Old 06-27-2020, 01:46 PM   #1
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Default AA truck 4 speed question.

A friend is restoring a WW2 Ford of Canada bren gun carrier . It is fitted with the Warner 4 speed same as the AA truck . He is missing the shifter but has the tower . He will have to modify a shifter as it is remotely operated . I do have the bottom half of a shifter( which had been cut) out of a spares 4 speed but the slot in the half ball is 90 degrees offset from the regular slot which is at 9 oclock .This cut shifter would only work in a tower where the pin hole is at 6 oclock . The mystery is that the tower it came out of is the regular 9 o clock style so how it selected gears is a mystery as it would have been 90 degrees misaligned . The question is are there two types of tower pin holes ,9 o clock and 6 o clock ???

John in same place same weather Suffolk County England .
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Old 06-27-2020, 01:57 PM   #2
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Is it possible somebody bent the shifter for a special application?
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Old 06-27-2020, 02:01 PM   #3
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There are two types of shifters. One where the ball is part of the shifter (later) and one where the ball is a separate piece and is pinned to the shifter. You may have the pinned type where the ball has sheared the pin and rotated.
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Old 06-27-2020, 02:06 PM   #4
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It looks like the shifter comes straight up out of the transmission.
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Old 06-27-2020, 03:05 PM   #5
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Default Re: AA truck 4 speed question.

Thank you Bill you hit the nail on the head .I do have a late type and the earlier and you can plainly see the late style is "one piece" . The transmission that shifter came out of showed very little wear and probably got taken out of service when the ball pin sheared . I have already mailed the cut shifter to the man and will tell him to try to revolve the ball back to where it should be . It is very rusty so no doubt frozen so a lot of heat will be required no doubt . Thanks again mystery solved !!!

John in cloudy cool rain showers Suffolk County England .
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Old 06-28-2020, 05:55 AM   #6
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He will grind out the slot till he gets to the shaft then open it up a bit with a chisel and clean it up and put it back in the right place . The slot will be welded up and recut allowing enough room for the pin so the ball should be secure .

John in Suffolk County England .
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