Vintage big-rig shifting

[GlennCraven]

Saw this video of a three-stick Kenworth W900L linked on Facebook today. Fun to watch for awhile, though the full 7:44 of it might be a bit much.

[Lumpy]

I swapped a motor and tranny into a IHC pickup I had once, and did not have a shifter for the trans, so we just ran three levers up through the floor, one for reverse, one for 1-2, and one for 3rd, or something like that. To shift you would just have to put the 1-2 lever back in netraul, (sp?) then use the 3rd gear lever to shift in third, or have the two forward gear levers in netraul to shift into reverse...know what I mean? It worked fine, but sure confused people that did not understand it.

 

I'm building a large 360 Mopar powered stationary generator at the moment, which has a 4-speed on it, and will shift it the same way. When it's done it will run the whole house and pump house as normal, and I plan to set it up to run on gas, propane, or alcohol. Initially it will just be gas powered.

 

ken.