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| | | | Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 67 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 67 | Hi-
I just adopted a decent '63 stepside pickup and the column shifter won't cooperate...it won't go into reverse. It feels overall tight and resistant rather than lose.
It goes in 1st and second.
Any tricks I should know before diving into this linkage???
Ron Albany, NY | | | | | Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 924 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 924 | First, take a brush and some good & soapy water to the entire length of the shifting linkage & clean it up.
Brad
Edit - the linkages under the truck is where I'm talking about cleaning
Wrench Fetcher, PhD | | | | | Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 338 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 338 | Any grinding noise? Try stopping before attempting reverse... ?? just kidding!
Comedy isn't my strong point.
If the soap trick doesn't work (which it should!), I'd consider attempting the shift under hood, with and without the linkage hooked up to column shifter. This would be attempt to isolate the binding culprit. The more worn out the linkage, the more unforgiving of sloppy shifts to the point where it may simply refuse the desired shift entirely.
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 67 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 67 | Thanks. Mine doesn't have that two bolt piece. I saw a video where a guy rotated by whacking that thing. I'm not sure how I'll rotate it - I'll try something else. | | |
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