odd Shift pattern

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It's an SR4

My CJ has an old Ford trans that is a 4 spd with R over to the right, and back. I said my trans was a Ford, but the truth is the donor was a '65 Ford

3/4 ton truck, the trans itself is a NP435 with a 6.69:1 granny lo 1st gear. R is also about the same ratio. I can put my Jeep in LO range in the tcase, select 1st gear, let the clutch out at idle, get out and walk around it before it can roll twice the length of the wheelbase. This is not a very useful feature, except that it means my Jeep can dig holes under each tire without stalling, and it can pull my house off of its foundation. The down side is that I can not shift from 1st to 2nd without coming to a full stop. Basically, speed-shifts are out of the question.

Your house does not have a foundation! Ya gotta go north where we have cold, and frost, and winter, and ice, and wind chill before the inspectors want a foundation. :)

Cheers. (Currently -24 w> My CJ has an old Ford trans that is a 4 spd with R over to the right, and

It's been a long time since that pattern was "typical"... the only vehicles you find with reverse to the upper left anymore are semi's, dumps and six wheelers.

I don't know what front wheel drive or rice burners has to do with it... My 65 Mustang had a three speed with reverse in the "typical" pattern... That is to say: down and to the right.

24 and dropping? We expect to hit 70 today. We are dropping though.

We have foundations here. I think they are called "slabs", but they have very deep footings just like any foundation would have. My house rests on the slab, and has a few bolts holding it down. Mostly, it stays put because of its weight. The bolts help, of course, but they actually want the house to fit loosely so that it can slide around a little instead of being ripped apart when the ground starts moving, as it is prone to do here on the Left Coast.

24 and dropping, bbbbuuuurrrr. Bill would need batteries in his snake skin thong, or the shrinkage would cause the thong to fall off, or at least flap alot.

While you're right, I forgot the 65's three speed pattern, why do you automatically assume I'm lying as opposed to simply mistaken? Anyway the pattern hasn't been "typical" for 25 years, rice or American made.

SNIP Anyway the

...and the bolts were still made of mammoth tusk.

and a lot of European or Japanese vehicles, including some of the products of Solihull to bring it back round to off road vehicles