T56 Magnum White Lightning Shifter - update on the way

[chr2002ca]

Wow, now this shifter too? I know a few folks who changed from the Black Jack shifter to the White Lightning shifter specifically because their Black Jack shifter was leaking. That right there would be irritating. Thanks for sharing this information. I was interested in the White Lightning, but I think I'll just stick with the Tremec shifter and avoid the issues, regardless of upcoming 'revised editions' that don't leak like the first edition should have done. Where's the testing on these products? I guess we're the testers, using our own $$$ of course. Now, if a compay steps up and does a free replacement of the defective first edition with the corrected edition, then they're doing it right.

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by chr2002ca

Wow, now this shifter too? I know a few folks who changed from the Black Jack shifter to the White Lightning shifter specifically because their Black Jack shifter was leaking. That right there would be irritating. Thanks for sharing this information. I was interested in the White Lightning, but I think I'll just stick with the Tremec shifter and avoid the issues, regardless of upcoming 'revised editions' that don't leak like the first edition should have done. Where's the testing on these products? I guess we're the testers, using our own $$$ of course. Now, if a company steps up and does a free replacement of the defective first edition with the corrected edition, then they're doing it right.

Where the engineering lacked was consideration for utilizing the shifter in forward position which places it over the top of this gear........


A machine fit without an internal seal compounded by an internal case pressure of up to 10 psi won't control the oil slung by that gear.





Now if I hadn't built this cover to gain tunnel clearance which also conveniently serves as a shifter access panel............I'd have been seriously PO'd.



In the rear mounting position neither shifter leak, they just weep a little. So until the new shfter was engineered I'm running the Hurst in the rear position with these tunnel and console plates.




All said, having some redesign insight gives me confidence in Hurst's redesign. Being under the B&M umbrella is good and bad in that they have the resources but the corporate processes take time.