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| | | | Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 843 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 843 | my tranny gets stuck in 1st gear column selector wontmove
57 3200 pickup 265 V8 with service tray
| | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | Most likely your shift linkage is worn sloppy or out of adjustment. It is stuck in 2 gears. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | as Cletis says, you need to clean up and adjust the shift box on the lower steering column Bill | | | | | Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,962 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,962 | And get in the habit of making an "H" pattern instead of just pushing it up into second. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | Real common problem with the column shifters back in the day as
the shift box becomes worn or gets out of adjustment. Had many
50's stick shift Chevy's myself when I was a teen in the 50's
and 60's and working in a Chevy dealership at that time I saw
this problem often.
DG
Last edited by Denny Graham; 01/29/2012 1:48 PM.
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 843 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 843 | Would you think packing grease in selector would make it better I see J carter has exchange shift boxs but a bit difficult from here Australia
57 3200 pickup 265 V8 with service tray
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,298 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,298 | Another cause of this is badly worn rubber grommets on the rods at the shift box, and worn ends on all of the shift rods. The shift box gets confused when there is slop in any of those areas.
I replaced the rubber grommets with bronze ones. These babies let you really feel the transmission shift. I welded metal to all of the worn ends and ground them back to as-new condition.
Carl
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | I replaced the rubber grommets with bronze ones. These babies let you really feel the transmission shift. Yesiree it does! I did the same with mine. Makes for nice solid shifts, no slop at all.
Bill Burmeister
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