well if ya screw up ,the truck will let ya know instantly. remember you are matching unsyncronized gears, so the rpm of the driveshaft has to match axle speeds to get the thing into gear right. practice on a deserted stretch of road or a parking lot. most always you will have to come to a stop and start over.
the local fire dept has 1 ford with a gas engine and a 2 speed electric shift. the other day they went busting by my house with lights going, sirens blaring, and the rear end grinding. he had to come to a stop at the intersection just up the road and start over. since i know alot of them guys i had to go by the house and make fun of the guy.
oh yeah, you don't know my backround do ya? spent alot of years in a house down south texas way. we had a b model mack nobody would drive because of the unsync'ed trans. it would pump like no tomorrow, and with a aerial with a 2 stage pump, the mack made a helluva tender. that was most of the time koolkars ride when he worked the red truck and not the bus.
here's good advise for ya. take yer time. don't be too hard on yerself or the truck. patience is a great virtue, and unsync'ed gears are not very forgiving. practice(alot) and the old truck will go like a bat out of hell-----to 50 mph. it's also alot of fun to actually work the truck the way it was intended. that would be basically an 6 speed. (i'm ready for the argument, but honestly, nobody used granny gear)
