Clark 282v crazy shift pattern ??
I have a 1972 Australian delivered F750 with a 330 HD and a Clark 5 speed direct and Eaton 17221 two speed rear
The Data plate on the box says 282V36 and has the usual Ford DOTA prefix.
serial number is 49706M and under that is says 7004M
my shift patern does not match anything i have seen let alone another clark??
The pattern is
1-2-4
R-3-5
does anyone know if the box is modified as i have never seen a down left reverse? i drive this truck reguarly and the pattern is as i have said, it also has a short 4th gear and you have do go 4L to 5L then back to 4H and 5H to keep the sequence going while splitting.
Can anyone shed some light?
cheers!
reverse down left and 1st and second beside each other.
date plate.
I can't find that pattern doing a search, including older threads here. What I did find the last time this came up:
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I don't know much, so stand by for (hopefully) a post from someone who does.
Not even the 1972 ford F750 manual say that , it’s the opposite with reverse up left and first down
i remember that about the 282 also, first was very rarely used.
R-3-4
I don't know anything about it and can't find anything
R-3-4
I don't know anything about it and can't find anything
Does it work?
Look for the Clark OD pattern here--is it the same as yours?
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I have a 1972 Australian delivered F750 with a 330 HD and a Clark 5 speed direct and Eaton 17221 two speed rear
The Data plate on the box says 282V36 and has the usual Ford DOTA prefix.
serial number is 49706M and under that is says 7004M
my shift patern does not match anything i have seen let alone another clark??
The pattern is
1-2-4
R-3-5
does anyone know if the box is modified as i have never seen a down left reverse? i drive this truck reguarly and the pattern is as i have said, it also has a short 4th gear and you have do go 4L to 5L then back to 4H and 5H to keep the sequence going while splitting.
Can anyone shed some light?
cheers!
reverse down left and 1st and second beside each other.
date plate.
I'm guessing yours is an early Clark 282v. I have a 1979 GMC 6000 with a Clark 282v that uses this similarly weird shift pattern. Google search shows a 1979 Ford F600 with the same shift pattern.
By '71 (by the 1975 Final Issue, that is) they listed a replacement transmission number for service replacement:
And in the 73/79 MPC it's listed in use for 1973 only, not for later years, and some of the duty classes moved a bit (notably the Lx-800 is no longer listed for this transmission). This MPC doesn't list models in the same chart format as the earlier one, but here's an example:
I have a '73 F600 (see Sig) with this transmission, the same shift ball, and with the similar 4L-4H-5L-5H shift arrangement.
[later]
Found one on eBay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/357884525546
Last edited by asavage; Jan 9, 2026 at 06:15 PM.








