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#15570 02/10/2005 5:48 PM | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 142 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 142 | Is it possible to convert a 3 on the tree to a floor shifter? Is there a kit of some kind? | | |
#15571 02/10/2005 6:38 PM | Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 175 Member | | Member Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 175 | Yes there are always several floor shifters listed on EBay, but if you'll readjust your column shift and put in new gromets it will work like new, and you will get stuck on it because of how convenient and quick they are when they work right.
Boo Radley
We don't need no stinking V-8s!!
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#15572 02/10/2005 6:44 PM | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 224 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: May 2003 Posts: 224 | im guessing this is for your 51? ive never seen a conversion of the 3 speed to a floor shifter for the AD years. i imagine the construction of the 3 speed tranny makes this impossible. why dont you just put in one of the original 4 on the floor tannies in there? you'll have the shifter on the floor, its original, you dont have to do any nasty cutting and scarrification, plus theyre way cheap. over here in idaho, the farmers just give them away, all you gotta do is ask. let me know if you want to get rid of that 3 speed, ill give it a good home | | |
#15573 02/10/2005 7:22 PM | Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 580 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 580 | Like Boo sez, you can find after-market floor shifters for the 3-speed on ebay. That's where I got this Mr. Gasket version. You do have to mutilate the tranny some to use it. You have to file notches in the shifting fork shafts where they exit the side of the tranny. I keep it as a spare should the column shift break and I can't get replacement parts. [img] http://www.laroke.com/larryk4674/2001/bb040501at.jpg[/img] A bigger version of the same pic BTW, the black sheet metal nibbler in the foreground is not part of the shifter kit. | | |
#15574 02/11/2005 9:48 PM | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 58 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 58 | Boo where can I get some grommets?
Dano
69 C10 LWB 250 L-6/3spd
79 C30 Crew Cab Dually 454 V-8/TH-400
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#15575 02/11/2005 10:47 PM | Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 175 Member | | Member Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 175 | Hey Dano -- I fabbed new ones out of brass flang bushings and flat washers I bought at ACE Hardware. Recently an old timer buddy of mine ask me, "Why didn't you use teflon?" When My brass ones wear out I will. No Lube needed and probaly shift smoother. Now that my column shift works better than new there is no way I would trade it for a floor shift. It's right at my finger tips, shifts click-click solid, and never hangs up.
Boo
We don't need no stinking V-8s!!
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#15576 02/11/2005 11:02 PM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 103 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 103 | Boo - Do you have a pic of your "grommet" fix?
My shifter is smooth, but I manage to hang it up every now and then - due to agressive moves on the shifter by the shiftee. I could use some adjustments, I guess. BW | | |
#15577 02/12/2005 12:24 AM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 | Boo, where can I get some grommets? Any decent self respecting hardware store sell nearly every kind of rubber and nylon grommets. | | |
#15578 02/12/2005 12:46 AM | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,095 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,095 | auto zone and advance auto both carry floor shifters. i looked at them yesterday. about 50.00. i installed one 20 years ago and am still using it today. ron
Ron, The Computer Greek I love therefore I am.1954 3100 Chevy truckIn the Gallery 2017 Buick Encore See more pix1960 MGA Roadster Sold 7/18/2017
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