Reply To: 3 Speed shift fork question

[Gregory Long]

I like the freewheeling trans with the button on the shift knob. It allows from the drivers seat freewheeling for silent shifting, and then locking out freewheeling for engine braking. All with the button under your hand.

Putting the freewheeling control on the dashboard in front of the passenger makes swapping from direct to freewheeling and back a bit awkward, and potentially dangerous.

In 1933, the freewheeling is a ‘T’ handle under the instrument panel, on the left side of the steering column, right where the driver can access it easily..

The first year for Syncromesh transmissions is 1933. The earlier transmissions still required careful matching of gear speeds to shift silently or use of Free Wheeling.

Greg Long