Has anyone tried adapting a T50 shift lever assembly to a K40/50? If it can be done it would open up more options such short shift kits and easy to locate spare bushings.

From what I have been told the t50s bolt on to KE70 K boxes.

I'll test this out today, I'm interested too, have both at home but never tried. I'll let you know how I go

Sweet! I have three T50s but none have a lever with them...

If they're the later type (ae86/ae71) you could just get one of the trd short shift kits off Ebay.

Even cheaper are the KLS kits. Under $80.

I can confirm that at least a shifter from a ke70 k40 fits and can select all gears in an ADM t50, was a bit loose but the bushing was pretty shagged. Was only a quick test, I'll try the t50 shifter with new bushing in the k40 and see what it's like and take pics when I get home

Edited November 11, 201411 yr by ollienewc

Worked the other way for me too (ie t50 shifter into ke70 k40), and was much tighter with the new bushes. So that should make it nice and easy to source rebuild kits, and also to get a short shifter into a ke70 k40 at least.

Edited November 11, 201411 yr by ollienewc

Results! Excellent. Thank you very much!

No worries at all mate

And obviously works the other way too (ie t50 shifter into k40), and was much tighter with the new bushes. So that should make it nice and easy to source rebuild kits, and also to get a short shifter into a k40/50. Noice.

 

Getting a bit ahead of yourself there I think.....

Was this a ke70 k40? because a ke30/55 k40 has a different shifter again.....which also has a different shifter to a ke30/55 k50. You make it sound like every k40/k50 has identical shifters which is very far from the truth!

From what I have been told the t50s bolt on to KE70 K boxes.

 

As far as I know the KE70 box is the only one compatible.

Gahh sorry peeps, my bad. Was getting around to photos for this very reason. But yeah forgot to mention it's a ke70 k40 as far as I can tell (in ke70 wagon, shifter hole not cut or moved) and an ADM T50. I cannot comment on other combinations.

A mate has a k50, not sure what it's out of though, but I'll hopefully try that out too. Sorry for the confusion. Have also edited my previous posts

Edited November 11, 201411 yr by ollienewc

The late KE70 gearbox and T50 have the same shifter.

 

KE55 and earlier K50/K40 boxes have a different shifter to the above.

 

Unsure if T50s have different shifters.

Forwrd (ta22) and rear(ae86) shifer position T40/50s have different shifters. Belive T40 and T50 of same model share shifters