Thanks - this leads me to revisit, revise, my original supposition that the intermediate "shift tower" BA case was specifically for an XJ or YJ or MJ.
It seems surprising that there isn't a code on the right-side metal tag identifying which shift tower is being used, maybe which final case used re: transfer case orientation.
Or is there? Should we be creating a table, if not?
At the moment, I'm awaiting an ostensible YJ shifter from FN Jeep in Colorado (i gave up waiting for deadjeepparts to come through), which as a 2 7/8" dimension from the base of the shifter ball to the tip.
The existing shifter measures 2 1/4", and an eBayer offering a MJ shifter sent a dimension similar to my original, albeit we were measuring from the top of the ball.
We'll see how this deeper operating distance shifter from FN Jeep works, and report back.
So it is currently looking like different shift tower cases/heights were more a random thing, not necessarily based on the Jeep application . . . thoughts?
Here's a "curious minds want to know question": if the BA10 is a Peugeot 505 transmission, and the 505s had a column shift (in my memory), what the heck kind of shift case did they use? :>)
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