[kitsbeach]

I took out the four speed and went back to the three on the tree setup that the truck came with stock. I've only driven it around the block but love it already.

My truck is a 1967 but I picked up a Saginaw 343 out of a 1969 truck so that I could have syncro first gear. It seems much quieter than the four-speed Muncie 420 that was in it.

First I went around and collected all the parts I needed. I'm superstitious about the vehicles being off the road for too long. Plus I didn't want it hogging all the space in my garage.

It seems there are a few combinations of shift rods for these trucks (the rods that go from the steering column to the shift arms on the tranny). I needed 6 cylinder to Saginaw 3-speed arms.

My truck came with shift rods for the original Muncie 318 non-syncro 3-speed (pictured here) but hey don't fit (Muncie 318 is a lot shorter than the Saginaw 343). They are about 24" and 27" long in case anyone else is trying to tell one set of rods from another.