Could not get my T Case to go into 4LOW. 2WD easy, 4HI easy, but no matter how hard I pushed/pulled the lever, pop the clutch etc., it would NOT go into Low.
Took it to a friends house so he could move the lever while I was underneath with some tools & a ball peen hammer. Once I figured out which way to tap tap tap we were finally able to get it to shift in/out of 4Low. Took it for a test drive & all good.
Next morning before buttoning everything up, skid plate etc, I tried shifting just to be sure. FAIL, back to square one.
This time I had my wife pushing the lever & repeating what my friend did. Well except she never yelled ‘WTF is wrong with this thing? ’WTF won’t this go into low?’
This time I did a bit more looking before tap taping. Looked into the T CASE boot, wiped what I could with a brush, sprayed some Kroil all around etc. Then I found the culprit. The T Case boot…after 51 years had a hole in it which over time allowed debris to fall in.
With my flashlight I was able to see that a wire brush (think tooth brush size) had fallen in there & bounced around blocking the lever from moving. Needle nose pliers to the rescue & pulled out the brush. An easy enough fix but took forever to figure it out.
And the really good thing: after 51 years still able to get a OEM boot from @cruiseroutfit .
Took it to a friends house so he could move the lever while I was underneath with some tools & a ball peen hammer. Once I figured out which way to tap tap tap we were finally able to get it to shift in/out of 4Low. Took it for a test drive & all good.
Next morning before buttoning everything up, skid plate etc, I tried shifting just to be sure. FAIL, back to square one.
This time I had my wife pushing the lever & repeating what my friend did. Well except she never yelled ‘WTF is wrong with this thing? ’WTF won’t this go into low?’
This time I did a bit more looking before tap taping. Looked into the T CASE boot, wiped what I could with a brush, sprayed some Kroil all around etc. Then I found the culprit. The T Case boot…after 51 years had a hole in it which over time allowed debris to fall in.
With my flashlight I was able to see that a wire brush (think tooth brush size) had fallen in there & bounced around blocking the lever from moving. Needle nose pliers to the rescue & pulled out the brush. An easy enough fix but took forever to figure it out.
And the really good thing: after 51 years still able to get a OEM boot from @cruiseroutfit .
. I did not want to drop that case to find the issue.
I thought I would put the brake/ wash light down below dash like the older models but now I have to deal with two knobs. I guess I could move both rows one spot to the right and put another hole next to glove box for one and maybe the choke down below dash next to the throttle knob. BUT....the depth of the housing will come in contact with the left defrost mount behind dash! I could move it to the left like the original would have been but that has my lights switch AND a side window defrost vent arm mounted there!! 
Any suggestions
. No charge for the spring Charles.
