Left-Hand Ruckstell Shifter

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2014: Left-Hand Ruckstell Shifter
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Brendan Doughty on Sunday, September 14, 2014 - 07:50 am:

Does anyone have an instruction sheet for one of these that they can post? I lost the one that came with it.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Georgetown TX on Sunday, September 14, 2014 - 09:07 am:

I don't remember any instruction sheet. Here are pictures of how it mounts in a typical installation with Rocky Mountain brakes.



Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Georgetown TX on Sunday, September 14, 2014 - 09:08 am:

Hard to see in the pictures but the center shift arm is welded to the shaft after the appropriate position is determined. The set screw won't keep it in place long.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ken Todd on Sunday, September 14, 2014 - 11:57 am:

Try this:

application/pdfLH Ruckstell shifter
L.H. Ruxstell shft lvr.PDF (41.2 k)


Copied ofn the forum a while ago.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dennis Seth - Ohio on Sunday, September 14, 2014 - 05:25 pm:

Is that something like a left handed smoke shifter, A bucket of spotted paint, A universal sky hook?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Aaron Griffey, Hayward Ca. on Sunday, September 14, 2014 - 07:53 pm:

If your T does not have a battery behind the driver, under the floor, you can go directly to the left shifter from the rear axle.
Just extend the hand brake slot in the floor and use an L bracket on top of the frame for the shifter.
Another neat way to shift a Ruckstel is to use the rocker shift pedal from a Dual High '28 AA truck. When shifting a Ruckstel you have nothing else to do with your right foot anyway, unless you have an accelerator pedal.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Clayton Swanson on Sunday, September 14, 2014 - 09:48 pm:

i like the shifter being out of the way, off to the left, but i do not like drilling holes in the flange of the frame rail. the subject comes up a lot with the old speedster guys, and it usually will crack the frame where the hole is drilled. i remember a humble howard story of a rail cracking while a long ways from home


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tom Carnegie on Monday, September 15, 2014 - 03:20 am:

This is a bit of a thread drift, but this is how I do a LH shifter without drilling any holes into the frame.

http://antiqueautoranch.com/montana500/May2005newsletter/may2005.pdf#page=4


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Allan Bennett - Australia on Monday, September 15, 2014 - 07:01 am:

bRENDAN, You could go way out and leave it as it is and convert to RHD!!!!

Allan from down under.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Georgetown TX on Monday, September 15, 2014 - 07:29 am:

So what about the 30 other holes drilled in the top of the frame Clayton? I've yet to see one cracked except at the front cross member around one or more of the rivet holes. I think your "old speedster guys" are hallucinating.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Brendan Doughty on Monday, September 15, 2014 - 08:46 am:

Ken
Thanks That is what I needed.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Scott Conger on Monday, September 15, 2014 - 11:54 am:

Tom

thanks for the neat link


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Clayton Swanson on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 10:46 pm:

i would agree royce, its puzzeling. original holes were punched?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Terry Horlick in Penn Valley, CA on Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 01:29 am:

Please re-think using that slider. Replacing it with a stouter design will make the car much safer IMHO. This has been discussed several times before.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tom Bergmann Sydney - Australia on Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 08:31 am:

The missing instructions FYI

http://www.snydersantiqueauto.com/uploads/T2500RELAccessoryRuckstellShiftLever-1 0695.pdf


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 09:48 pm:

I would add to the comments about added holes in the frame rails. As a long-time speedster guy, I have seen several frames that have cracked from added holes. There may be something to the original holes, whether it was being punched, or fresh tempering (I have doubts), or what. I have, however, seen several original frame holes that have cracked also. Those do not seem as common relatively speaking as the added holes seem to be.
I have on several occasions added holes to model T frames. Most often, it has been when adding a secondary cross shaft for added rear brakes. (I have often commented how I prefer two total independent braking systems.) Many other additions to speedsters, I try to use existing holes.
The frame under my boat-tail was from a speedster from years ago. It broke at a transmission brace bolt hole. The repair is very old, and gives the car an added character trait. That and me knowing the frame's history are why I keep it that way.
Still, I am not so sure that enticing such failures is a good idea if it can be avoided easily. I am referring to drilling more holes into a frame, of course. Drilling four holes in order to add a brake cross shaft becomes a judgement call weighing the pros and cons of added holes against improved brake safety.
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2


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