Just joined.....have questions
Doing a little more research into the NP 540 transmission......found this guys EXCELLENT site. Even though it is for a Chevy truck, the links and resources he has documented will be invaluable to me.
The Transmission Page
Transmission Assembly
This seems to be nearly an exact match for my transmission......with one exception. This monster only has 4 working gears.....not 5. Best guess is they only used gears 2, 3, 4 and 5. Reference to 741 would be gear ratio 7.41 for what would have been gear 1 (first gear)......or what we used to call "granny low", which isn't being used via the creative linkage they developed.
The hilarious aspect of this is the shift pattern is upside down and reversed from what it would be when the shifter is directly connected.
At some point in the future, I will check to see if granny low is available. If so, I may see if the shift pattern can be modified to get it working. Would be really helpful in close quarters with a full load on.
Doing a little more research into the NP 540 transmission......found this guys EXCELLENT site. Even though it is for a Chevy truck, the links and resources he has documented will be invaluable to me.
The Transmission Page
Transmission Assembly
This seems to be nearly an exact match for my transmission......with one exception. This monster only has 4 working gears.....not 5. Best guess is they only used gears 2, 3, 4 and 5. Reference to 741 would be gear ratio 7.41 for what would have been gear 1 (first gear)......or what we used to call "granny low", which isn't being used via the creative linkage they developed.
The hilarious aspect of this is the shift pattern is upside down and reversed from what it would be when the shifter is directly connected.
At some point in the future, I will check to see if granny low is available. If so, I may see if the shift pattern can be modified to get it working. Would be really helpful in close quarters with a full load on.
