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Hi Gents, working on putting a Hurst floor shifter on a 1955 2nd series 341 Muncie 3 Speed. My issue is with the shift lever tabs which are significantly different other Hurst tabs. The output shift rods (don’t know the correct terminology) have a grooved notch on one side a nut/bolt slides over the notch squeezing the tab holes together. The tab itself is not the typical tabs which are available on eBay. There is no notch on mine. The connecting tab is bent over 180 degree and the bottom end where the hole slides over the shift rod, is then squeezed together with nut/bolt. Sooooo, as of now I’m stuck! Once I figure out how to attach photos, I will do so. I guess i could grind another notch on the opposite side of the rod and flip the tab and drill out the top hole to accept the hurst levers. Thoughts, suggestions or comments welcomed.

I have fabricated that type of shift lever by using a piece of flat steel stock welded to a "Crosby clamp" that's usually used to splice steel cables together. It's a pretty simple, and very effective way to duplicate the shift levers that use that type of mounting.

for instance:

www.ebay.com/itm/124988884653?

They come in lots of sizes to fit different cable diameters- - - -pick one that matches the diameter of the shift shafts.

Jerry

I'm not sure what a 341 Muncie is but the factory 3 speed for a 55 truck is an SM318 Muncie. If you have a 6 cylinder truck
it would have a side cover with the 2-3 shift lever pointing up and the 1-R lever pointing down. If it is a V-8 truck,
both levers are pointing down. The shafts on the side cover have notches that correspond with the configuration of
the shift rods. Both shift levers need to point up for a floor shift conversion. Generally the replacement levers come with
a floor shift kit. If not, some modifications will need to be made to either the shafts or the levers.
The lever shown in the photo is for the column shift and won't work with a floor shifter.
Fred