In a message dated 6/27/99 11:33:01 PM Central Daylight Time,
rlcook@... writes:
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I hunted up the shifter tower from a 5-speed out of one of my IH 1800
trucks I used to have. Sure enough, there was a backup light switch on
it. There are no markings on the switch, so I can't tell you what it
is. It incorporates a ball in the part that screws in the top of the
cover, but since it is activated by the reverse shift fork raising the
ball(instead of dropping in a notch in the shifter rail) it is a
normally open switch. Pretty simple deal. Threaded hole in the right
place with the right switch screwed in.
Ron >>
Ron,
I spent some more time tonight looking at the shift tower. When I wrote
earlier I was operating from my memory which is not very good sometimes.
That's why I write everything down. :-)
Anyway the shift rod does have a detent groove in it but it will not make
contact with the switch location when reverse is activated. This is a good
thing because the when you shift to 1st gear the rod moves out from under the
switch boss all together. This means that a switch just like the one you
described would work perfectly in my tranny. Do you know what year IH it
came out of?
Rick S (TX)
I can feel those backup lights coming fast. :-)
