Thread: 55.2-59 Console Manual shifter
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Old 01-06-2023, 12:39 AM   #7
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Re: Console Manual shifter

I'd just install the shifter, design the console around it and make my hole/opening for the shft handle accordingly. Most likely you will have to have someone sew up a custom boot for it.

As for mine with either the 4 speed or the 3 speed the shift ball is right where it is real comfortable to shift. More comfortable than reaching up for a Granny shifter handle and probably more comfortable than the handle for the AX15 is going to be in my 48 even though I will probably have the handle off an old SM 420 that came with my cab but was frozen up from laying out in the weather for a number of years.
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