aod to dana 20 need help!!?!?!? any one else to this swap??

[hmgoy]

i am putting an aod into my 77 bronco. i used the advance adapter to mate it to the dana 20. im losing my patience.
the j shifter didnt work so i was told to get a twin stick. i bought the mass buy twin stick. i just got it and bolted it up.. it doenst fit wither. the peices that go into the shift rails are too short and where the bend is to brind the down peices over to the rail is to long. has anyone else done this swap and if so how did you get the shifters to fit?

 

[luvmybronco]

Where did you get your shifters from? I did the AOD to Dana 20 with twin sticks, got my shifters from Jeff's..They are a little short, but seem to work fine on my setup...

 

[Lttrbox]

I did my with the WH twin stick setup. I used a bit of heat and a BFH to get the final adjustments.

 

[tonto]

Doesn't seem like your getting a very good response here, maybe try posting on some of the other E.B. sites like B-Fix or some the groups like SoCalBroncos or maybe AODominators
I know it's been done before with a J-shift pattern t-case and next time I meet someone who has I will pick there brain and take pic's.
Good luck, Francois.

 

[Lttrbox]

I guess I needed to add a little more detail. I used the WH twins and had a J shifter in there. I first split the tabs so they can operate independently. Yes my twins were a bit short (the part below the pivot that goes into the shifter tabs). I took a propane torch and a BFH to move the lower end of the shift levers so that they would fit. In my case, they only needed to move a little (say 1/2 in or so).

The misalignment on mine was that the lower section looked it just fit and was out to the side of the shifters. By the time I got the shifters to line up with the shift tabs. The lower part of the shifter was long enough. This has been in for a year or so with no problems yet. I hope that didnt confuse ya.

 

[hmgoy]

pics of the problem:

i cut the rods that were too long and am having a freind weld on the new down rods in place

 

[Trigger]

I have the same setup. I lengthened the rods about 2 1/2 " and I made a new mounting plate that put the bolt head (which the sticks mount on) on the opposite side of the mount this moved them in about a 1/2" or so. I also had to grind a little material away from the adapter housing for the inside stick to have clearence.
Trigger

 

[popp75sport]

i am putting new floor plans in mine so i plan on cutting the hole 1.5 inches farther back and using the stock shifter... i hope it works.

 

[Yellow75]

This may sound silly but I thought I was having the same problem. So I spun the bracket around 180 degrees that the bolts go through attatching the shifter to the t-case. Everything fit perfectly then. Granted i had the J-Duff shifter but I would almost bet it's something simple. There's just no way they would get away with selling shifters that are THAT off???

 

[Bronchole]

You might also want to talk to Advanced Adapters about this, since it sounds like it must use a twin stick they should have shifters that they know to be compatable with their adapter, if it is an adapter issue.

 

[hmgoy]

shifter

i simply cut the excess off and welded on londer downrods ll post a pic soon it looks great!

 

[hmgoy]

finished shifter

Well here is the finished work!!