[AT] Spam> Re: TO-20 Ferguson & roadranger

[Ron Cook]

AMEN!

On 2/10/2013 2:35 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> Tom,  I owned an old Jimmy "crackerbox" COE for a while.  It had an 8V-71
> with a 10 speed RR.
> I don't know how many links were in the shifter but that thing was a whole
> different experience
> in shifting.   It was still smooth but it wasn't even close to tight.  You
> had to kind of know where the
> next gear was and still feel for it.   The conventionals  of course had the
> shift lever going right in the
> top of the transmission case and were fairly precise.   The difference for
> those that have never driven
> heavy trucks is kind of like the difference between shifting a close ratio 4
> speed in a Chevelle or Corvette
> and shifting a VW bug.
>
> Charlie
>
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