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I do have to update! I actually put the car in storage and just brought it out a few weeks ago and I am going to rebuild the entire suspension. I will update when I start that project in a few weeks.

I dont have any pictures of my bushing and I dont remember which drill bit I used. Its really simple to do. If you use the Jeep or late model pilot bearing you can just roughly drill the crank since the pilot bushing is pressed into the converter hub hole.

Here, I just went out and took pics of it. As you can see in the photos the chrome survived well. I did not grind off the chrome, which is evident by the weird volcano looking structures in my welds. But who cares its under the boot and its as strong as the day is long, thats the beauty of the...

I am in the welding camp. Those shifters are heat treated and will snap. When you put the force of a freight train on it, like I do when I powershift, (ask maddart) it doesnt bend. I just put a pistol grip shifter in my 2002 Dakota. The Dakota has a nut attached on the end and the shifter handle...

Yes.

I drilled mine. I have a chromoly bushing that I tap into the crank with a hole in the middle that is the correct size to run the drill through to drill the crank straight. Once I am done drilling I pull the steel bushing out with a pilot bearing puller and install a factory pilot bushing. Cast...

I did a 4 speed swap on my Duster about 2 years ago. It was the first A body swap that I had done. I went from a 904 to an A833 from a 69 Swinger. The driveshaft not only had the right yoke it was the right length. I had bought most of the swap stuff at Spring Fling in Van Nuys Ca years ago. I...

A833's are cheaper than Muncie's 7 days a week and twice on Sundays. Conversely, I own a 550 hp Ford with a Toploader and a 700 hp Chevy with a M20 and now an M22. I have to say that the M20 and M22 are more of a trans than I would have thought. I have broken the Muncies a few times, usually...

Some people may throw stones at me, but I actually drilled a few cranks over the years to do this conversion. What I did was measure the outside diameter of a factory pilot bushing and then the inside diameter of the crank pilot. Then I machined up a bushing from solid steel the had a hole in it...

Very nice! Finally someone listened to all our pleas. I love the fact its American made and is a true bolt in. Remember whatever trans you go with it will be expensive. A T-5 (weak) or a T56 (expensive and even more expensive if you make it strong) both need bellhousings, custom clutch linkages...

The hole for centering the shifter is kinda hidden. There is a notch on the bottom of the shifter body. Its kinda hard to see it in the picture because its grey/brown color. Here is a pic of its location. It sounds like the shifter is still in another gear. Also lubricate the shifter and its...

Does it look anything like this?

It looks like you are using a flux core welder MIG. It also looks like you are not getting enough penetration which is not enough heat. It take 150 amps to get enough penetration. At this point you may want to find a friend in the area with a bigger welder or have a muffler shop weld it for you.

Thanks for the tip Daredevil.

Nicely done, bud.

You are right, I do this for a living and have seen axles that are bananad from this kind of narrowing. I dont mean to knock the OPs project, however this is not the right way to do it. A proper fixture has 4 round machined pieces that slide onto a solid steel machined straight bar, the 2 round...

Mad Dart, I just went through this with my duster. I even started a thread to ID the shifter I had. I eventually went with the set up from Brewers. They were very knowledgable and a big help, they are more expensive but not by much so its worth the extra expense to get the exactly right...

Thanks for the pics alsdemon. I bit the bullet and bought a shifter, plate, rods, tabs, and clutch fork from Brewers. It was really expensive but they were friendly, knowledgable, and it works great now. I would recommend them to anyone. Even when I only bought one small part, they were very...

Well, I ended up scrapping the whole set up and bought a new shifter, rods, and tabs from Brewers. They were a great help. Here are the pics of the finished product. I used pics from this forum to help me through this process so I want to pay it forward so someone could figure out their setup.

684mulas, Wow you nailed it! The pic in the link you sent even has the same handle. Thanks you very much for the info. I think I will sell this shifter and buy a hurst comp plus from Brewers.

Anyone seen this shifter plate?

Okay guys, I bought a used trans and shifter that I was told that it came out of a 66 dart. I am doing a 4 speed conversion on my 74 Duster and I am having trouble. I think this is a Chebbie shifter! Anyways I finally bought a shifter plate and shift rods from Brewers and I tried to install them...