Where's the second pill?

[Johnnyb]

So I pulled my Dana 20 t shift from a 1971 apart today. All in all not too much carnage inside.
Here's the thing though, I removed the detent ball and springs from both shift rails and then the shift rails, but only got one pill out with a magnet.
Where is the other pill, did I miss something? I thought T shift was supposed to have two pills?

Thanks,
John

 

[Oldtimer]

Do the shift rail contours match with the ones shown in the above photo?
I think the J-shift, and some aftermarket twin shift, rails have different contours.

 

[Johnnyb]

Do the shift rail contours match with the ones shown in the above photo?
I think the J-shift, and some aftermarket twin shift, rails have different contours.

Yes, matches. I am installing @JB Fab rails.

 

[Soylent]

Was it popping out of gear?

 

[JB Fab]

we have pills if you need them......
https://jb-custom-fabrication.mysho...roducts/shift-interlock-pill-early-bronco-d20

 

[Johnnyb]

Was it popping out of gear?

Sounded bad running on jackstands (box of marbles). Found out there were no needle bearings between the input and rear output. I suspect that when I had a shop change the output shaft bearing and seal (road repair in Page AZ), they probably pulled the whole output and dropped them, never re-installed. Fortunately, not too many miles since then.

More to the point, I would like to be able to do front-dig, and @JB Fab rails make that possible.

THX,
-John

 

[Johnnyb]

we have pills if you need them......
https://jb-custom-fabrication.mysho...roducts/shift-interlock-pill-early-bronco-d20

I will order if necessary, thanks for the great service on the first order @JB Fab !

Do both pills go in the detent shaft and somehow find a void in the middle (so they can be parallel) or am I missing something?

THX,
-John

 

[JB Fab]

Page one shows the pill locations.....

Jon

 

[Johnnyb]

Thanks @JB Fab !

That PDF describes everything - I looked on your website for a link to the instructions for the shift rails but couldn't find it. Printed now.

I will scrape around the front passage plug to find it before I take it to tank later today. I couldn't even see it for caked with hard grease!

-John

 

[JB Fab]

Our shift-rails ship with the instructions in the package, were yours missing?
I know that some of the vendors remove our instructions/labels.

Jon

 

[Johnnyb]

No, I misplaced them. Then last night (around 10:00 PM), I probably wasn't thinking too well, so I went to your website, but I couldn't find the instructions.

This morning, you sent the PDF, which I read in my office and it explained everything clearly. Then I went to the shop, and there the instructions were. RTFM!

Thanks for the help!
-J