Bill, the New Process shift pattern was just like crenwelge mentioned and it was awkward...
1 - 2 - 4 - R
- - 3 - 5
For us in the dump truck business it was hard to 'rock' a mired down truck, going from reverse to 1st or 2nd quickly sometimes meant clashing gears and missed opportunities to move forward, at the same time we dug a deeper hole.
The Clark transmissions that we used were somewhat better, there shift pattern was...
2 4 R
3 5 1
My favorite were the Spicers...
R 2 4
1 3 5
A driver could quickly go from reverse to 1st or 2nd without a lot of effort. Reverse and 1st were spring loaded on the shift lever. These were the shift patterns that I'm familiar with these trans, but I imagine Spicers may have used other patterns. We favored the Spicers on our Chevys from the late 50's thru the early 70's, when we wore out a Clark or NP it was replaced with a Spicer.
Just my 2 cents worth, James
Last edited by oldiron57; 07/18/2010 5:40 AM. Reason: restate NP shift pattern
