Got the shifters together last night. Since I wanted to keep my shifters on the passenger side, this is what I came up with.
Its built using the following:
5/8" rod for the shifter arms welded to machined 5/8" plate that bolts to the 3/4" rod that I used for pivots. The pivots are made using 3/4" schedule 40 (I love pipe
) bored to 7/8" with oil impregenated bronze bushings. The links are made with 3/8" rod ends and the mounting plate is made of 1/4" plate cut on the plasma to bolt to the 208 adapter.
They work flawlessly and are super strong so I should not have any problems later. I may have to massage the trans hump to clear everything.
Should have the rebuilt trans & everything bolted in by tomorrow or Monday, then its time to install the Detroit in the Sterling.
in total it will cost around $150 in parts (I screwed up and had to redo it all to make it stronger) instead of the $450+ for a cable shifter setup.