[Bob Carriere]

So to recap......

Cab 11 and 12 have a longer shift lever and to have the reverse lock out work properly it should be located on the right side of the knob and pulled by the index.....

On close examination of my cab 11 which had the shift lever installed reversed....... Grant and I figgered out that the tranny would indeed shift even if the lever was mounted backward but the cast iron lock out tab in the tranny tower would be inoperative..... which may have been done on purpose when you consider the trcuk was used to plow snow whichimplies a lot of forward and reverse shifting.

Amazingly after cleaning up the tranny tower the locking mechanisms work flawlessly and the rod fell in just by gravity. Therefore it explains my desire to install a boot to keep future crude from falling in and gumming up the mechanism.

I might consider using some stiff black foam as a seal between the tranny tower and the sheet metal cover plate. In answer to Mike.... yes I do have the floor plate..... albeit rusty and will serve as a template to repro a good piece...... thanks for the offer.

Again thanks for all the advice and the very descriptive pictures.

Bob