T/A Cheetah SCS users step inside!

A body said
Gate shifter (cheetah): relies on valve body detents
Ratchet shifter: has it's own detents + valve body detents

I've got this..... will be dropping the valve body and shimming the spring and probably do some dremel magic and increase the ramp on the detent. Talked to Paul at TA this am. Guess that's why you see such a love/hate of this shifter. This one is so soft you can hardly feel going from N to 1...... was a real biotch wearing gloves. I WILL WIN!! :)

ratchet shifter.... ok IF the planets align and you get the valve body detents and the shifter detents to align perfectly. This was probably the problem as to why we couldn't ever get the ProMatic shifter to work in this car and it worked so well in my old car. Something was "amiss" in the shifter vs the valve body.

The Cheetah relies on the gated path for the shift lever to prevent over shifting.
The pic above is for a reverse pattern.
Directly back from neutral is 1st.........pull straight back to the stop for second , pull back at an angle for 3rd.
Ahead of neutral is a positive stop for reverse.
They are simple and effective for me and I have used a few different shifters over the years.
I would not mind trying a PPP or similar , but I like the Cheetah.
What I would love is a valve body with a clean neutral for my 904..........I always had one more hole past high on my past deals and it was a nice feature.