Hmmm - AWshifting.com used to be the source for paddle shifting AW Boxes but they seem to have vanished - the site has disappeared.
Constant power is required to the chosen solenoid. I'm aware of a "temporary" setup on an AW-4 behind a motor with no computer interface with the auto (might as well be carby) that uses a 4 position knob to select the gear you want - quite an easy solution.
However, there's some catches. This is fully manual. Pull up in 4th, and it will try and pull away in 4th. This might be a pita.
Moving the t-bar shifter into the 2 or 1 positions will do strange things, including with the torque converter lock.
You'll have to work out how to control or disable the torque converter lock. should you want to.
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Just noticed this.
Manual shifting solutions for automatic transmissions
AWshifting is changing.
By January 2009 AWshifting will be open source under a Creative Commons license. No more orders are being accepted, and the next few weeks will be spent catching up on backorders. What does open source mean? That means all the information to create your own AWshifting controller will be posted right here on this site. That's right, all of it. From parts lists to programs, you can make your own.
http://awshifting.com/index.htmlI might have a play with that when the info is available. The downside is that it looks pretty simple though, not a patch on Suprastick.
Steve.