Well, I got a problem. As you may know, the truck is a 1946 1-1/2 ton 216, transmission is a standard 4-speed forward one reverse with the reverse lockout lever and rod.
I broke a shifter fork in the gearbox the other day. Shifted from reverse into (what I thought) was second gear, but turned out to be granny low, and the transmission would not shift out of granny to anything else. Hmmmmm, the shifter lever in the cab seems to work fine but she's stuck in granny low, and placing the shifter lever in third or fourth position results in total transmission lockup.
Took out the floorboard, removed top off transmission, and low and behold the shifter fork on the center shaft is broke off.
Now I've never worked on a transmission before, so I'm looking for expert advise from transmission gurus.
Here's the questions:
Should I go for replacing the shifter fork, or replace the whole transmission?
If I replace the shifter fork, how do I insure that I get all three of the shifter forks in the right place in relation to the gears on the shafts when I put the buzzard back together?
Just looking at the gears and all, I don't see any wear or rounding of the teeth -- heck, the truck only has a little over 70 thousand miles on the tranny and driveline -- I would say it is barely broke in.
I would appreciate your input. This will also appear in the Transmission and Driveline corner of the garage.
