I'm a little confused, in the second picture, the top stick; it goes in and out with 3 locations which I thought were fwd, 4high, and 4 low.

 

No - that's the gear selector and it also twists. If you play with it you will see there are 6 distinct locations it will notch into.

 

The foremost stick in the first picture, it doesn't seem to click into any gear, and/or pull in/out.

 

It pulls in/out - it's just tighter than you think. It operates both the 4WD engagement system as well as the low range idler gear at the front of the transmission

 

Trust me on this - I've had more than a few of these apart

 

Also, they are vans authentics, not converse

 

Ah I see - don't remember Vans - I must be too old for those. .

 

GD

It's very simple - you use the 5 speed gear selector in it's entirety - just bolt it up to the stud on the body. The front of the tray bolts to the tranny.

 

For the 4WD selector you use the 4 speed assembly (again - in it's entirety) and add exactly 1" of rod to the middle of the selector lever that runs to the tranny. You pin it to the 5 speed using the same pin it used on the 4 speed.

 

Thread the old 4 speed knob onto the 5 speed gear shifter and no one will be able to tell you have a 5 speed. It looks 100% stock inside and you don't need to cobble together a bunch of 5 speed console parts and make your interior look like frankenstein.

 

Just buy Jerry's kit - all that stuff is taken care of for you and his price of $100 is beyond reasonable for what you get and how little work you will have to do. If you don't have access to a welder and fabrication skills, etc - Jerry's kit is a time and money saving opportunity that you should not pass up. Trust me - I've put more 5 speed's into EA81's than the majority of the regular poster's on this board.

 

GD

 

Very good stuff here, I am looking to do a 5-speed DR into my Gen2 brat. Please forgive my noobness, but how can I contact Jerry to buy one of his kits?

 

sorry for the thread hijack brysawn, your project seems to be coming along, keep up the good work.

Jerry's board name is bratsrus1 - just send him a PM.

 

GD