Justin (Toreador4x4) and I worked on making the bezel and boot work for my manual transfer case finally. He did most of the work, but I kind of came up with the idea. I helped where I could.

Underneath the diamond plate, there is weatherstripping that seals around the hole in the inspection plate so there won't be heat or noise coming up any longer. Also, it looks relatively close to factory with where we cut the RCM cover / cubby hole.

Around the diamond plate we put black door edge molding to hide the sharp edges. The plate itself is held down with 4 stainless sheet metal screws. The boot is held to the diamond plate with 10 6-32 nuts and bolts, also stainless steel.

Anyhow on with the pictures, I know Justin has more before final assembly, but I'll let him post those.

Oh and I believe I may or may not be the first one to do a manual transfer case swap that has the boot secured AND can shift into 4 Lo.

 

Looks great man, really nice work.

 

Thanks. I'm happy with the way it turned out. It's so much quieter now and looks much better.

 

Very nice work Tyler!

 

Thanks, but don't give all the credit to me, Justin did most of the work.

 

Nice work Tyler and Justin! Lol

Your truck is really beginning to look pretty damn sharp!

 

What did you do for an extension because of the body lift?

Got any pics of it?

 

looks good, ever considered doing some fiberglass work around it?

 

We welded in a piece of round stock that was 3" longer and also bent the shifter back about 10 to 15 degrees. I just realized I don't have any pictures of it. Had I been thinking about it, I could've snapped some when the boot and everything was off yesterday. I might be able to get a picture from underneath the truck.

Nah. For the holes you see, I'm going to cut out diamond plate to fit it then probably secure it somehow. Me and fiberglass just don't get along.

 

i finished mine the other day with a boot thats screwed to the floor and have 4 LOW sorry, missed it by a day or two.....looks good though

 

Looks good.

 

looks damn good!

 

That looks real sharp. Came out real good guys.

 

What's the deal with being able/not being able to shift into 4lo?

Does it become a problem when you have a bodylift?

 

no its just that its a long throw into 4LO and i guess if you have an actual boot it makes it harder, i have no problems what so ever, i would guess the body lift would make it that much harder though

 

Thats awesome I want a Manual TC sooooo bad

 

Looks good man. I have my boot and bezel all secured and I can shift into 4LO.

 

Good work guys. Its nice and clean!

 

Looks good. I am glad that console worked out for you.

 

Did you post pics of your bezel and boot? post some up i want to see them

you dont count because you are a 5-Speed, the 5-speed guys got it easy when it comes to the boot for the manual t-case, it is more difficult for auto guys and especially with an RCM to cover up

 

there is a thread i made with the boot, dont have a new main shifter part yet and still looking for a bezel, the boot is all bolted down and works perfectly, just looking for some metal and get it attached somehow, unfortunetly i slept my life away today

 

 

Justin, ya done good.

 

on a side note, i garbage picked the diamond plate from my work. It was on a display for the "new redesigned 2004 f-150" and it had a dvd player with a commercial that played and pieces of the frame and tow hooks bolted down to it

 

where did you get the shifter from?? my linkage has just a skinny piece of metal sticking through and i cant think of anything to go over it to extend for the **** and everything