HOW TO WIRE A REAL TRUCK SHIFTER FOR SIMULATOR ETS2 ATS 

It's good that you're back on RU-vid. You have such informative and useful videos.

Wow, saving a good amount of money doing this rather than buying an expensive predone. Thanks!

You don't have to set it Range-Splitter. You can set it for any of the other options under Range-Splitter as well. The only different will be the physical layout and how the gears are displayed on the on-screen GPS display. Volvo has 1st gear in a different physical position than Scania. And the display will show things like 1L and then 1H when you split, instead of just 1 and 2. The only real reason you might want to use Range-Splitter is if you switch brands of trucks a lot and don't want to have to memorize the different physical locations of the gears.

For a little more realism when driving in game, you can also open the console (~ (tilde key)) & put in *g_hshifter_synchronized 0* which will have you actually double clutch the truck

i have bought 2 premade shifters, Volvo and Scania and they have both failed after a year or 2, so thanks very much for this video, i might try and fix them, if not i will purchase the M.A.N one and follow your steps as it is cheaper to build your own, both those shifters cost over £100, and now i feel ripped off lol, so thanks for all your videos, Happy trucking

Can't thank you enough Amstudio for showing us the way :) your instructions were very easy to follow, I found one at Walmart for under $25 US, (6Pin Truck Electric Gear Shift Knob ) pretty much identical to the one in your video. I am using the TH8A shifter so once it arrived, it of course did not fit the shaft on my shifter so I took a chance and purchased from Amazon a set of three different size plastic adapters and those were't the right ones but I took the one that closest fit the shaft on the TH8A and with a Dremel tool along with a sanding disc, I ground off the threads so that the plastic adapter would fit up inside of the knob, after placing it over the TH8A shaft it sill had to much play in it so I then had to drill two holes in the knob and through the plastic adapter then used two small machine screws and just made them self tapping, they tightened the knob onto the shaft but it would still turn in hand so I drilled a third hole and with a third screw that did the trick. After completing my button box ( again thanks to your button box video) , I had it placed directly over my shifter in my TR 120 Sig Rig and so I was able to add extra long wires to the wire kit that came with the joystick encoder, enough that I was able to place the joystick encoder inside the same box (button box along with the Arduino Leonardo board and then drilled the hole large enough for the group of wires from the shifter to pass through along with a rubber grommet and the two USB cables to come back out of, one from the AL board and the other from the encoder board, I already had some extra plastic wire protection that slid over the long exposed wires along with adding the extra heat shrink making them look nice, tidy and chic. It'd would have been nice if I could have displayed pics of the outcome with it on the Sim Rig.

I also built this for myself just for an shh shifter. I used an arduino instead of the joystick adapter, so I was able to make a realistic key start with ignition and start and a parking brake with a pull-out switch.But this way it's simpler and better for beginners in my opinion.

Glad you're making one of these videos again. Will tune in for more of this for sure.

Nice, I already made one like this (without the jake brake but still a knockoff MAN shifter) a while ago. I also found it useful to fit a stiffer spring inside the Logitech shifter, to counteract the extra leverage and therefore sloppiness of finding the gears. I designed and 3d printed my own adapter to fit onto the shifter, including the 'notch' and ability to screw down, as well as an option to put a 'pin' through the hole in the knob so that there is no rotation. However, I just use it as friction fit and it's good enough for me

This is SO much cheaper than all the other options out there. I understand the cost of labour, but wiring up an Arduino board doesn't justify a $200+ USD price tag. Aside from the cost of buying the tools, including customs/taxes, this will be maybe $50 USD all-in when finished. I've put off getting back into ETS2/ATS because I wanted a real shift knob for my SHH Shifter, but now, I don't have to anymore. THANK YOU SO MUCH

Always amazing when this guy uploads

I made one of these 10 years ago and posted it on truckpol, ever since people have been making them, good job

Exactly what I've been looking for! just starting my own ets2 cabin build at home and really wanted to change the shifter to this, thank you so much

It's great to see you making videos on youtube again, I learned a lot from you and these videos for ETS2 are very important for me because I play a lot of ETS2

been driving with this shifter for the last couple weeks and i love it mix it with vr and u will never go back to just a hschifter and flatscreen

return of the king

Can you make a DIY Bass Shaker for SimRigs? Love your Guides and need one of these

Glad to see a new video from ya ..Hope all is well across the big pond !

that's a great solution because you can basically built your own for 1/3 of the price that most people sell pre made ones for and its pretty easy to would it also be possible to wire a real car light switch with that USB board because if got a e36 one but idk if you can wire it up to work in ats

Now that's a great video. 👍 Hope you get a million views!!!!

It's is good that you back on YT I Like you Videos so much and also I have a cool Video idea you could make a DIY DD wheel.

Love the quality of your videos. Great to see you at it again.

Nice work! Adding real devices does so much for the immersion!

I JUST MADE THIS MOD THANKS TO YOU

This is a very useful video

A nice video. Looks quite easy to make. Your 2nd and 3rd link appear both to be for the USB encoder. I am guessing you still have to connect the base to the computer as well. Neat little DIY project

Welcome back. Excellent and useful video as ever. Hope to see more of them.

using soft, can't wait to get my hands on it.

Glad to see your back to making videos, suggestion: you should do a ets 2 handbrake

I have the same! Good video. Saludos desde Uruguay

Cheaper shifter than sim panel and a little better built because it comes with adapters for every shifter type. I replaced my sim panel shifter for this one which took some getting used to. I dub the new one a "short range" shifter cause the switches are smaller/sleek as opposed to an imitation eaton fuller shift knob.

7:15 how did you mount it on Logitech shifter, does truck shifter threads match with Logitech shifter?! Great video, btw!

One thing I know about the real Eaton Fuller shifters is that the switches have airlines running to them instead if wires like this shifter. Maybe one could replace the air lines with wires but I am unsure if there are contact points that are present.

Hello, your videos are very good, I've been following your channel for a long time, congratulations for the videos, very well explained....

Thanks for video...

Can I ask you to make some kind of sequental shifter that doesnt need much money/parts

Could you make a headlight selector for sim please?

This is awesome. I have had two cheap 3D printed ones and they both broke but still have the boards so I will likely make my own now. Curious how you mounted it to your Logitech shifter

Finally back

Welcome back!

Just in time! I was actually planning on buying a built kit like this one on an online shop which costs $47 then I looked for the truck shifter that you recommended it only costs $11! All I have to do now is build it. Thanks! I just have one question how do you mount it on the Logitech shifter? Does it fit right in? Or do I have to make or find an adapter?

how did you attach it to the shifter base? and also do you know what thread type is inside the shifter? :3

Nice

Very interesting and fun.

Hi, how do you fix it on G29 shifter?

Hey man, glad your back and love your tutorials. I remember using your DIY ignition switch tutorial a while back for ATS! do you know if you can purchase just the wires for the joystick encoder?

Do you have the name/model of the shifter you used? The Ebay link seems to be dead now.

I bought a predone costs about 35 dollars and looks just like this but with a little differences on cables and stick.

Nice job, wanted to make myself one of these for a while now. Running any mods in ETS2?

Yay new video

awesome. One doubt, how you adapter the connection between truck shifter axle and G29 axle ? thanks

Hello. What adapter did you use to attach the MAN hub to the G29 shifter? Do I see a black adapter between the MAN hub and the g29 shifter stick? Where did you get it from?

@amstudioprojects what did you use for an adapter to get the knob onto the Logitech shift rod?

How did you thread the knob on to the stick? I can't figure out how to get it onto my fanatec shifter, which is an M12*1,25

How did you mount it too the shifter shaft

Hi just wondering have bought all the parts to make this however I looked at the shifter an the thread it’s too big for the thrust master thread, nothing is mentioned in video or parts list, what did you use to attach to shifter thread

Please do a turn signal

Hi mate, is this on/on switch or on/off switch!

MAN TGX shifter )))

Exist shifter with integrated mainboard in the shifter ?

Thanks. I've got the exact same handle, I spent ages continuity-testing pairs of wires to come to the same conclusion that you did in a few minutes by prying the front cover off :D Do you prefer driving with this or with the 3D-printed version? And it looks like you used an adapter to screw the handle onto the Logitech shifter, if so do you have a link? Thanks.

now you need to show how you change the nod on the orinal one.

after watching this video you can tell there are people who play ets2 and there are people who enjoy ets2 , lol

Pomo = 20 us, USB Arcade = 7 us Nice

Is it possible that Xbox Series S would be compatable for truck shifters?

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Hi ! Great work the video is awesome and so useful ! I made a DIY handbrake with a switch and an usb encoder and it works perfectly. I bought an AliExpress cheap h-shifter wich use the same kind of usb encoder. So I have an issue : my computer see the two encoders with exactly the same name and I can't change them, so when I brake with my handbrake, the car also shifts the 6th gear... I fixed it in connect my switch on an other port but I lose 7/12 of ports of my card cause the shifter so I can't do the buttons box I wished. Have u an idea to fix it ? Sorry for my bad English.

I’ve bought the same equipment that you’ve shown in the video here. Does anyone know an easy way how to have the shifter fit the TH8A shifter handle?

I have purchaed the same shifter for this project and realised that the switch configuration is really designed for a left-hand-drive vehicle. :o I should've noticed this from the video. Does anyone here have any tips on how to best fit this onto the Fanatec shifter? Also, it's not unreasonable to use male and female DB9 connectors to connect this to the joystick encoder, right?

I bought a usb version of this for 30US$. I also found your version for 11US$

The actual shifter base is not included in the parts list your provided, and does NOT come with the shifter. Would be great to know where we can find the one you used or a similar type.

Does anyone know if there's a device like this with the buttons on the right side?

How were you able to mount the this onto the Logitech Shifter?

do u also have a file for the truck shifter to connect to the shifter base it self

i Use an Arduino Micro in the shifter, only a USB Cable came out of my Shifter. The different is you must write C++ Code

Sadly the reverse gear is broken on mine so i only have a 5 speed as i use the 6th for reverse

Hello can you please show how to make a stalk shifter retarder for ets2 with rotary encoder or potansiometer. And also it would be better if you can upgrqde hub extender and put a real indicator stalk on g 29 an then use a real mechanic system for automatic close of an indicator stalk

can i mount it on a th8a? what is the diameter of the hole?

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What did you use to attach the 2 pieces?

But can i use that same setup for ATS thou?

Where i can buy this set ?

Where do that at do have page for it

Overall how much did this cost?

do real truck wheel pls

if you dint mind mmme asking where have u ben bud

It's probably not your fault but the shifting sounds really bad - is there a way to use such a shifter but have the sound be less "glitchy"? And awesome video, as usual :)

Can you do it for a xbox x

what adapter you use?

Seems like a bunch of Chinese companies took the initiative and now there are pre-modded shifters converted to USB all over E-bay. Picked up one for $42.58 shipped, which was even cheaper than I could've DIY'ed it, and it works great. Smells absolutely TERRIBLE though and I hope the offgassing doesn't last too much longer, gives me a headache just being in the same room as the thing.

im not sure you understand what the top button do in real truck, it engages the clutch, so you do not need press the pedal when truck speed is above 5 km/h

Noo Thatcher button on the top is in reality a button for the cluch

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automatic gears. have not seen manual gears in trucks here in Norway for over 20 years.

Just one for $20-35

I was gonna do this, but i'm lazy and bought one from Amazon for $70

The question is, how to get a Real Truck Shifter? xD

Cool gebaut aber von den Einstellungen Falsch, als echter Trucker weiss man was falsch ist

No way that plastic peace is a real shifter. They don't make the gear spliter and the range shifter levers out of plastic. Also they are actual levers, not simple plastic buttons like this one. It seems like you can break them by just looking at them. Also they don't come with that cute little button for the jake brake. Seems more like a simulator gadget. Also the scheme on the top makes no sence. It seems to be a ZF Ecosplit 16 gear transmission, but they don't come with an eaton fuller-like shifter. Whoever told you this was made for real trucks, fooled you. Trust me the real ones you can't get for $23.99...