[AT] good view of shifting a 13 speed roadranger

[charliehill]

Nope, that's the way you shift a road ranger.  Changing from direct to OD or 
back to direct is done by moving a gear on the back end of the transmission. 
It won't release under load.  When you let off the gas the air pressure will 
shift it.  The ones I drove had a different shift knob.  Kind of a hockey 
puck shaped deal with a button that moved around the front side of the puck. 
Low was all the way around to the drivers side, direct in the middle and OD 
to the right.  It was a simple slide valve the directed air through very 
small plastic lines.  The hole in the air line isn't as big as a tooth pick.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] good view of shifting a 13 speed roadranger


> Frank wrote:
>> He is preselecting....not a good practice or habit to get into......
>> Could lose a good transmission or drive shaft doing that.....
>>
>
> Yeah that can be a BIG $$ OOPS...
>
> My all time favorite shifter rig was a POS Mack that I worked with a
> couple years. That thing had the twin stick 5+4 plus a two speed rear
> (owner added) Talk about a workout...
>
> -- 
> Steve W.
>
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