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Welcome, and you should try this sometime, a ramdom guy on omegle said that if you stay up 50-60 hours you will hallucinate and the subconscious will tell you what it thinks.
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A manual truck driving girl? I wish you much luck around these goons. :lol: Nah, nobody bites (hard).

Anywho, Im the resident Viggen driver and a New England member. North Andover MA and Cranston RI, depending on the day.




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Welcome.
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sasquatch wrote: Hmm.. I have no idea if I have synchronized transmission. I'll try to find out, I need to get the truck checked out at a mechanic just to make sure it doesn't have any hidden problems anyway, but is there a way I could tell on my own if it is synchronized?
If you can get behind the steering wheel without having to do a back-flip, then you've got a synchronized transmixer. (Without functioning synchronizers, you would need to double-clutch to shift from one gear to another while rolling down the road). I would think that in your Fraud that for sure Reverse and maybe 1st gear are not synchronized. What do you have, a 3-speed or a 4-speed? Do you have a "granny-gear" 1st gear? Shifter on the tree or on the floor?
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If you can get behind the steering wheel without having to do a back-flip, then you've got a synchronized transmixer. (Without functioning synchronizers, you would need to double-clutch to shift from one gear to another while rolling down the road). I would think that in your Fraud that for sure Reverse and maybe 1st gear are not synchronized. What do you have, a 3-speed or a 4-speed? Do you have a "granny-gear" 1st gear? Shifter on the tree or on the floor?

It is a four speed. I was wondering about first gear in my truck, which is very short. The truck would rather just start off in second gear it seems, and I'm unsure if this is common in older trucks or what...


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sasquatch wrote:It is a four speed. I was wondering about first gear in my truck, which is very short. The truck would rather just start off in second gear it seems, and I'm unsure if this is common in older trucks or what...
As far as I know, launching on 2nd is quite common in bigger trucks, but then again they usually have more gears as well...
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sasquatch wrote:As far as where I live, when I'm not traveling for work I usually live right in Boston
Wow. I wouldn't want to drive that truck living in Boston. Well, really, I wouldn't want to drive anything in there daily. I'm guessing you don't drive it around town when you're home, though...
I'm going on a trip from New Mexico to Louisiana soon, so I'm asking everyone all the questions I can.
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sasquatch wrote:It is a four speed. I was wondering about first gear in my truck, which is very short. The truck would rather just start off in second gear it seems, and I'm unsure if this is common in older trucks or what...
AFAIK, a lot of older full-size trucks had an ultra-low crawl gear for offroad/heavy work/trailer towing that is not necessary in daily driving.
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Most likely uses the NP435 transmixer.

http://www.novak-adapt.com/knowledge/np435.htm
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Rope-Pusher wrote:Most likely uses the NP435 transmixer.

http://www.novak-adapt.com/knowledge/np435.htm
From that link:
The NP435 enjoys a very low compound gear at 6.68:1 and as such it is a popular choice for those wanting a very low crawling gear.
From http://classicbroncos.com/tranny-np435. ... te]There's no speed shifting with this tranny. These are truck transmissions and you know it when you shift. First and reverse are non-synchronized.[/quote]That answers a couple questions.
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theholycow wrote:
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FDSpirit wrote:
theholycow wrote:
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theholycow wrote:
Rope-Pusher wrote:Most likely uses the NP435 transmixer.

http://www.novak-adapt.com/knowledge/np435.htm
From that link:
The NP435 enjoys a very low compound gear at 6.68:1 and as such it is a popular choice for those wanting a very low crawling gear.
From http://classicbroncos.com/tranny-np435. ... te]There's no speed shifting with this tranny. These are truck transmissions and you know it when you shift. First and reverse are non-synchronized.
That answers a couple questions.[/quote]
Also, if you look at the pics you can see that it has a long shift lever coming out of the top of the trans. This is necessary to place the shift knob where the driver can reach it and with bends to avoid hitting the seat or instrument panel. Places a lot of leverage on the select finger inside the tranny. UPS in this area cut the lever shorter to avoid drivers snapping off the select finger, but that meant that drivers had to bend toward the lever for many or mosts shifts. Not an elegant solution.
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Warner wrote: Imposter!
Shhh! :lol:
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Another wow. You're new to driving stick and you're embarking on long-distance traveling with a 38 year old stick shift vehicle...very cool! Image
Haha, thanks! I'm definitely some sort of mentally ill to be jumping in like that, but there you go. I will try it out on a trip to Roswell this coming week I believe, which should give me an idea of how it'll do long distance.


It's really, really good to know that 1st and Reverse are most likely not synchronized, and it makes a lot of sense with how my car's been reacting, especially reverse, when shifting. I suppose I should start practicing my double clutch skills? (Although I don't know how it'd affect reverse, since I usually would only reverse in a 3 point turn situation usually..)
Welcome, and you should try this sometime, a ramdom guy on omegle said that if you stay up 50-60 hours you will hallucinate and the subconscious will tell you what it thinks.
The longest I've stayed up would probably be around 54 hours, and by hour 40 I was hallucinating that the core of an apple I ate was moving on its own. Maybe my subconscious is a little cryptic :) ?
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