1st and 2nd gen Transmission compatability

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As far as I know the 4X4 and the 5 speed klm (or what ever the letters are, it escapes me at the moment) there are all the same parts inside. Mopar JA took my old 5 speed and used it on his 4X4. One thing he says to keep an eye on is the detent balls. There is one that is just slightly larger and if you stick it in the wrong hole it won't shift. Shoot him a PM and ask him for low down on the parts interchange. He told me that only the tail shaft was different. from my first gen to his second gen 4X4. He was going to do a total work up on the thing, but that was before he had surgery.
We have only seen one odd ball trans on here. On the second picture, do you see the holes that are "not" knocked out of the casing? The trany in question had 2 shift forks through those holes. We think it came out of a mini van, Aries K car, Colt, or a fork lift. But it was the only trany we have seen that used them holes and external shift linkage. It's on here somewhere. But all the parts were the same. It was about a year ago.
Found it. Look here. http://www.mightyram50.net/vbulletin/showthread.php/308-Manual-tranny-I-D


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