I guess you could. You'd still have to use a relay in there. It may cause premature wear on it. I would think it would be activated more often using the cluth than the brake. As far as I know those are your only three options.

1)brake switch
2)clutch swith
3)remove completly (check with a shop first)

I'm going to use the brake switch. You only need it to be activated to get the shifter into reverse. Once your in the gate can close and you'll still be able to get out of reverse.

Basically, you could be rolling forward but all you have to do is hit the break long enoguh to activate the gate and slide the shifter into reverse. Its not that big of a deal.

Its probably not the best idea for your tranny either. That is going from a forward to reverse gear with out stoping the car.

Just my $.02

 

Yeah I know i just like to be able to slam the thing into reverse when I am sitting there in neutral and go... What a stupid feature... My t-5 doesn't have crap like that and the only time it has ever come close to going into that gear is when I was teaching my g/f how to drive stick... I yelled and she stopped... Of course she was crying by the end because she stalled the car so many times, Grinded the gears once or twice and I made her spin the tires but that is a different story

 

Actually, now that I think of it you probably could pull out the solinoid. I was looking at a service manual for the T56 and the solinoid actually pushes out to open the gate. You might be able to just take out the solinoid and just throw something in there to keep preasure on that lever.

You could go a step further and get into the tail housing and completly remove the gates.

This is really all pulled out of the air so don't do it thinking I know what I'm saying. These are just ideas.

 

hmm I guess if I really wanted I could put a button somewhere or a switch... Hmmm maybe so it is activated when I try to put it in reverse... (where reverse would be mounted in the tranny tunnel right where the shifter goes) Damn I like that idea... the only problem now is finding a way to mount it so it doesn't get damaged and so that it still allows me to shift fine

 

Here's another method: take the reversre lockout solenoid apart....on the inside there is a spring that hold the gate closed when the solenoid is unpowered (if you push hard enough you can get it into reverse even when it's locked out). Pull out the spring and cut off 1.5 coils with some heavy wire cutters. This will give you a "biased pressure" reverse gate which basically lets you go into 5th or 6th easily but requires a little more pressure to shift into reverse. The difference is enough to keep you from missing 5th and hitting R, but it's not enough to make it difficult to shift into R. This is how I rigged mine when I swapped my T-56 in.

 

you got pictures of that?? I am sure I will rig something up when the time comes but I do like just figuring out stuff..

 

No pics....didn't have any way to take them when I did the 6-speed swap. I have a digital camera now but it's just a bit late (tranny's been in for over a year). Sorry...

 

Alright thats cool then