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Anyone mounted a hi/lo/turbo shifter?
Minwah:
With reference to this shifter:
http://www.happcontrols.com/driving/50801700e.htm
I was planning to mount mine underneath the CP, without the metal 'High / Low' plate on the top of the panel. I thought I would take the thing apart, and re-assemble when the main housing is bolted to the CP, however I am not too keen to remove the pivot part (50-8346-00) as I think there is a risk of losing the cable from the turbo button inside the metal shaft...as far as I can tell the cable has to be pushed inside the shaft in order to slide off this plastic piece. I think it might be almost impossible to retrieve the cable once re-assembled...
Does anyone have any tips? I suppose most people would just mount the 'normal' way which doesn't require the shifter to be taken apart...
hatrick:
I have one of these at home, but I've never looked that closely at it. At one point I was just collecting different shifters since I didn't know which one would work best on a mame driving cab.
I wonder if you could just replace the original wires with your own that were longer so there would be no risk of losing them in the shaft?
If I can remember, I'll take a closer look at mint tonight.
Minwah:
--- Quote from: hatrick on July 08, 2008, 11:16:48 am ---I wonder if you could just replace the original wires with your own that were longer so there would be no risk of losing them in the shaft?
--- End quote ---
It's not really the length of the wire that is the problem, it's the fact that the plastic part I mentioned is a snug fit over the metal shaft, and (as far as I can tell) the cable must be pushed into the shaft completely to allow the plastic part to slide off (you'll see what I mean).
hatrick:
I dug my shifter out last night with the intention of taking it apart to research your question, but it was just too hot in the garage to be in there last night. It's sitting on my bench with the security bits beside it waiting for me to take it apart, I just need to wait until it's a bit cooler in the garage.
Minwah:
OK no problem, I think I have come to a decision. I am going to top mount the shifter (as intended), but I am going to remove (probably cut off) the 'low/high' plate. Then I will paint black the silver metal plate of the shifter. Finally I plan to apply some (fairly simple) artwork to this plate - ie use custom artwork rather than using the supplied metal plate, which looks a bit too 'generic' for my taste.
I think it probably could be bottom mounted, I just don't want to risk ending up with no turbo!
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