(ET) FW: tranny questions..

["Chapin, Tim" <tchapin umich edu>]

> I just picked up a e12m last week.
> The shifter was snapped off right at the retaining cap.  The previous
> owner got it that way.  In fact he didn't even know it had a 4 speed in
> it. (shifter was broken off in gear).
> 
> My original plan was to pull the shifter out of a e15 parts tractor.  
> When
> I got it off, I see that the retaining cup was bigger around and taller
> from the e15.  There goes that idea....
> 
> It looks like the tranny in both machines are about the same.  Has anyone
> ever stuck a e15 tranny in an e12m or the other way?
> It looks like I would need to line up the drive pulley and brake disk and
> notch out the shifter hole for the low gear, other than that, I think it
> should work.... Any comments...
> 
> I am going to try giving Bill G. a call today and see if he has the shift
> lever for the e12m, but I want a fall back position in case he doesn't or
> there is more wrong with the e12m tranny.. (maybe the shifter was broke
> off in gear for a reason).
> 
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