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HOMEMADE SHIFTER?

Steve Gibs

HOMEMADE SHIFTER?

by Steve Gibs » Mon, 05 May 1997 04:00:00

I would like to make my own six-speed shifter, although I have no idea
how to make it.  ANY ideas would help.  Thanks.

Dan Gibson

duncan r mcle

HOMEMADE SHIFTER?

by duncan r mcle » Tue, 06 May 1997 04:00:00


shifter on a thick piece of plywood, about 4' x 4', so I can put
my chair on it and keep it in place.  At least two problems to
overcome...(and I would certainly appreciate any and all comments)...
First...you won't be able to use the 'gates', ie, shifting from
2nd to 3rd, up and across.  So...pull straight back for shifting up,
push forward for shifting down.  This poses the biggest problem, at
least in my mind.  I'll need to work out how to spring load some
heavy duty micro switches to return the shifter to neutral position.
And also some stops to keep from breaking the hell out of same.
Just doing some preliminary work at this point...keep in touch.
Now if the kind folks at ECC could accomodate with extra lead-offs
from the wheel mounted shift buttons on my soon to be ordered
CDS2R...:-)   cheers...duncan.                                        

Kel

HOMEMADE SHIFTER?

by Kel » Wed, 07 May 1997 04:00:00


> (Steve Gibson) writes:

> >I would like to make my own six-speed shifter, although I have no idea
> >how to make it.  ANY ideas would help.  Thanks.

> >Dan Gibson

> >Dan...working on the idea myself.  Thinking of mounting a Hurst
> shifter on a thick piece of plywood, about 4' x 4', so I can put
> my chair on it and keep it in place.  At least two problems to
> overcome...(and I would certainly appreciate any and all comments)...
> First...you won't be able to use the 'gates', ie, shifting from
> 2nd to 3rd, up and across.  So...pull straight back for shifting up,
> push forward for shifting down.  

I was thinking the same thing. I bet someone with a good knowledge of
IC's and a small procceser could wire the individual switches for each
gear, such as that the procceser know's that if you switch to third from
second then it would upshift and from fourth to third it would
downshift. If the procceser (and program) knew what gear you shift to,
it could up or downshift according to what gear you were in. To bad I'm
a little electronically challanged when it comes to stuff like that or I
would figure it out myself. I have a basic knowledge of this and I know
it can be done.

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I think people can figure out the spam filter to reply to me..

Kel
Calgary, Alberta  CANADA


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