I would normally not have any problem w/ cutting but on my 93 the boots mount nice and neat into the carpeting and don't have that nice plactic console thingy to hide everything like the late 80's trucks did. My mechanic just told me to cut and weld the shifter handle so that it clears better but I am not too sure about that. I am thinking of just hacking whatever I have to to the shifter plate and then just getting a small piece of diamond plate (like 1' by 1.5') to cover it all up nicely. The short throw would still be nice though. I wish that it was possible to make one that didn't stick above the tranny so that it would work w/o a lift.

How did the 86 SR5 tranny differ in clearance then before. I have a v6 which came with the R150F I belive, while the 22re came w/ a w56 I think? How did swapping to that other tranny affect things cause it would probably be closer to what I can expect.

My stock 84 non SR5 transfer case had a different shift pattern. Low range was over to the left and forward. The 86 SR5 transfer case low range was over to the right and forward.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by Poor A$$ Stock '93:
[QB]I would normally not have any problem w/ cutting but on my 93 the boots mount nice and neat into the carpeting and don't have that nice plactic console thingy to hide everything like the late 80's trucks did. My mechanic just told me to cut and weld the shifter handle so that it clears better but I am not too sure about that. I am thinking of just hacking whatever I have to to the shifter plate and then just getting a small piece of diamond plate (like 1' by 1.5') to cover it all up nicely. The short throw would still be nice though. I wish that it was possible to make one that didn't stick above the tranny so that it would work w/o a lift.[QB]</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Marlin makes one that works this way. Only the center section is raised but the two outer edges are stock height so it works w/o body lift.

Marlins looks similar to yours, Roger (there is a spacer that moves the whole plate up), or are you talking about something else like the cut shifters?

http://www.marlincrawler.com/misc.html

I'm curious about all this since I need dual cases and I'm not sure how the shifters are going to work out w/ the center console, etc.

I've got a 1" BL, and I'd like to have short-throw shifters, but I'd like to do a 1" drivetrain lift too... <img border="0" alt="[Baby]" title="" src="graemlins/baby.gif" />

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by Erik.B:
<strong>Marlins looks similar to yours, Roger (there is a spacer that moves the whole plate up), or are you talking about something else like the cut shifters?

http://www.marlincrawler.com/misc.html

I'm curious about all this since I need dual cases and I'm not sure how the shifters are going to work out w/ the center console, etc.

I've got a 1" BL, and I'd like to have short-throw shifters, but I'd like to do a 1" drivetrain lift too... <img border="0" alt="[Baby]" title="" src="graemlins/baby.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Mine use a spacer to raise up the top plate and a bolt-on extension on the end of the shift lever to engage the shift rails. Marlin's new design uses just a raised center section (replaces the stock top plate) and then he cuts the end of the shift lever off and welds in an extension. His original design used a spacer.

<img src="http://4crawler.cruiserpages.com/4x4/ForSale/Images/BodyLift12t.jpg" alt="" />

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by Supra 4x4:
<strong>My stock 84 non SR5 transfer case had a different shift pattern.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">My current stock 1984 non-sr5 shortbed is exactly the same as my 1986 sr5 4runner.