t-case questions

[86turboyota]

Im planning on running dual cases in my 86 sas 4runner and i have a w-56 with top shift case in it already and i have an opportunity to buy a forward shift t-case... can i use the forward shift case for my new crawl box?  does it require more modification than a top shift case?  is it overly hard or expensive to use it?

Thanks,
Andy

[79coyotefrg]

i would find another top shift,  the forward shift would HAVE to be converted to top shift to work

although you'd have to take it apart anyway

[MiniSimp]

I thought you could use a forward shift for your front box and top shift for the rear box?

[79coyotefrg]

his tranny is a topshift style tranny,  so he needs to convert the forward shift to top shift  while he has it apart , NBD  cause he has to take it apart anyway

[RustyToy]

I'm stoopid.. whats the visual difference between the two... is it obvious that its forward shift. i have an extra tcase from an 82 is that top shift, it looks top shift to me...

[derek]

http://www.marlincrawler.com/htm/transfercase/tcaseinfo.htm

[79coyotefrg]

the top shift has a shifter coming out the top

the forward shift has shift ing rails/rods  that go into the tranny housing and shifts thru the tranny

[86turboyota]

so is it worth it for me to buy the forward shift case for $100 and then buy the $80 topshift conversion kit?

[synwars]

so is it worth it for me to buy the forward shift case for $100 and then buy the $80 topshift conversion kit?

I would say no, it's cheaper/easier to buy a top shift and use that, but it depends whats available to you. Some junk yards have been stripped so well that a top shift t-case can be hard to find. Look in the buy/sell section on this board and others, you may be able to find one closer.

82 is a top shift, that's what I got for my crawl box, and an 85 top shift behind it.

[synwars]

I thought you could use a forward shift for your front box and top shift for the rear box?

A forward shift can be used as long as the tranny is forward shift as well. If that is the case, the forward shift t-case HAS to be the donor case for the crawl box. A top shift must be used in the rear case.