Did you buy it rebuilt? If not you'll want to go through it befor you waste time installing it and having to remove a non-functioning OD. Get it up on your bench and pull the four bolt cover to find neutral... just move the gears around while turning the input shaft until the output shaft has no reisitance. Looking at the underside of your shift cover you can identify neutral as the midpoints (detents) of each shifter. You can then carefully reapply the cover and you now have it set in neutral.
I never was able to get my '62 3sp+od to work well on my column shifter so I lucked into a really good B+M 3 sp floor shifter and I now have a much more positive shift. I welded a bracket and my shifter is in a comfortable position. I rebuilt my 3 sp+od and I advise you to do the same...If I can do it you can. I absolutely love my OD, I have a '49 3100, '56 235, '62 3sp+od, '57 3.90 truck rear open drive of course. My od is .70, rear 3.90, do the math (.7X3.90= 2.73 final drive) I roll down the h'way at 70 mph all day long, I've had this set-up for five years and she's my daily driver. Good luck!
Oh yeah, I ended up fabbing smaller shift levers and tack welding them onto my shift lever rods on the tranny. This gives me a shorter throw. I put mine both facing up and I get the regular 3 speed pattern on my floor 3 speed shifter.
~ Cosmo
1949 Chevy Half Ton
Rocinante, like Don Quixote, he is awkward, past his prime, and engaged in a task beyond his capacities.
"...my good horse Rocinante, mine eternal and inseparable companion in all my journeys and courses." ...Don Quixote, Cervantes
"If you come to a fork in the road, take it."...Yogi Berra
"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength." ...Eric Hoffer
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