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draaronr
November 23rd, 2011, 02:02 PM
Here's a few pics inside, super nice not having to shift.
budzny
November 24th, 2011, 11:12 PM
Super nice!
T1G UP
November 25th, 2011, 09:14 AM
you use a compushift or a hydraulic box
draaronr
November 27th, 2011, 07:58 PM
compushift.
rover4x4
December 8th, 2011, 06:49 AM
mehhh.
draaronr
December 8th, 2011, 10:02 AM
ah come on Philip, when your left knee gets old and arthritic you'll want one.
rover4x4
December 19th, 2011, 01:27 PM
ah come on Philip, when your left knee gets old and arthritic you'll want one.



Absolutely, at the rate things are going it wont be very long.
jaygoss
December 19th, 2011, 04:30 PM
Did you fab that box around the shifter?
draaronr
December 21st, 2011, 06:12 AM
Did you fab that box around the shifter?
yes, metal subframe, with black starboard
mgreenspan
December 28th, 2011, 02:25 AM
There's a very clean auto install on one of the LRM builds(yellow 130, pilgrim) in the January 2012 issue. They kept it in the standard place for the manual stick by re-routing the shifter to above the transmission and bolted it to braces bolted to the transmission tunnel. Looks pretty good with the normal gearstick gaiter on it. Only possible because they're using a RR Borg Warner t-case so that lever only has to go forward and backward.
T1G UP
December 28th, 2011, 05:58 AM
Here's a few pics inside, super nice not having to shift.

love an auto. standard torque converter?
draaronr
December 28th, 2011, 01:48 PM
love an auto. standard torque converter?
no the upgraded one from Ashcroft, doing another as we speak. The compushift directions are shit, honestly they are completely wrong, and really very limited with the usage details. But it was butter when done. the new one will have a some slight mods to the console, It is expensive in parts and shipping but so worth it in my opinion for a daily driver, that will hardly ever be offroaded. Went with the 1.2 tcase too.
T1G UP
December 28th, 2011, 04:39 PM
no the upgraded one from Ashcroft, doing another as we speak. The compushift directions are shit, honestly they are completely wrong, and really very limited with the usage details. But it was butter when done. the new one will have a some slight mods to the console, It is expensive in parts and shipping but so worth it in my opinion for a daily driver, that will hardly ever be offroaded. Went with the 1.2 tcase too.

ah great, i ran an uprated TC in my D2 td5 and it was so much better. 1.2 great on the road.


compushifts a US company?! what about megashift??
draaronr
December 29th, 2011, 03:11 PM
nah I bought it at ashcroft on your side of the pond. not familiar with the other company.