4 speed shift pattern?

evensteven13 · Post by **evensteven13** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:31 pm

Does the pattern a truck, granny low 4 speed tell you the model? I picked up my parts truck yesterday and went to put it in reverse, all the way over and down, but it was all the way over and up. a np435? i may try to us the tech page to decode the vin and data plate. a beatiful truck that has set for 15 years in a barn, one word, dusty?

kilog55 · Post by **kilog55** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:35 pm

shift linkage could be backwards for reverse???

truckguy · Post by **truckguy** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:58 pm

A t18 is over and up.
Kyle

evensteven13 · Post by **evensteven13** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:04 pm

Yeap, I went outside and crayoned the data plate on the door and brought it inside, T18, 360 2bbl, 4.10 non locker, standard cab(i knew that). gas prices are horrible now. I pulled it home with my Dodge 1500 and got 8 mpg at $3.19 a gallon, I spent as much on gas as I did on the truck. The 4BT is looking better every day.

kilog55 · Post by **kilog55** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:16 pm

did they change it in the later years cause my T18 in the 79 is over and down

Redcap · Post by **Redcap** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 4:06 pm

kilog55 wrote:did they change it in the later years cause my T18 in the 79 is over and down

Yes, they did. Early T18s are over and up, later are over and down.

sideoilerfe · Post by **sideoilerfe** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:59 pm

My 65 Camper special had a T18 and it was over and down.

l1k2gadd · Post by **l1k2gadd** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:14 pm

The one I found behind a 302 in a 1972 Bump is over and up.

cdherman · Post by **cdherman** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:14 am

sideoilerfe wrote:My 65 Camper special had a T18 and it was over and down.

Then someone had either swapped it to a later T-18, or it was a NP435 and you were misinformed......

T-18s in 65 were over and UP.

sideoilerfe · Post by **sideoilerfe** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:54 pm

T 18. It was not a np435. This truck was all original.

cdherman · Post by **cdherman** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:31 pm

t-18 was over and up in 65. Change to over and down occured in the 70's.

sideoilerfe · Post by **sideoilerfe** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:15 pm

you're wrong. 1965 F250 camper special 352.

1971ford · Post by **1971ford** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:28 am

boss's bump is middle down

and first is middle up

cdherman · Post by **cdherman** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:13 am

I've given up arguing on web sites. For the other readers who are reading or who may ever read this thread, do your research with a couple of other sites and search a couple other sources and decide for yourself.

The t-18 tranny was an offshoot of the T-98. In fact they shared the same top cover initially, which can make things confusing with early t-18 trannies. The t-98 and the t-18 had R up and to the right. Later, the shift forks and top cover were redesinged so that R was down.

What I just wrote there is what every reputable source that I have ever read states. Arguing between the two of us is pointless.

sideoilerfe · Post by **sideoilerfe** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:00 pm

Sometimes information on the internet is incorrect. I had a 1965 F250 Camper special 352. T18 reverse was over and down.My friends dad had a 1966 F250 with a 352 and 4speed with the same shift pattern as mine. I also test drove 2 1966 F250s that I was looking to purchase and BOTH of them also had the 4speed with the reverse over and down, period.

Another friend had a 1968 F100 with a 300 6 and a T 18 and reverse was infact over and up. My 1970 hiboy is a NP435 so we all know about those.

I'm just speaking from experience.

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