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#17391 12/02/2002 7:30 PM | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2 | I have a 49 chevy pickup. I have just got the thing to run today. I want to be able to move it but i am not sure of the shift pattern. I know where first would normally be(on a new vehicle) i have reverse. I am not sure if it is still original. I have put it down where second would be and the thing will barely move then jumps out of gear. Should I try to hold it there or is it the wrong gear? I can not back it up because I have a huge pipe rack about 2" from the rear of the tuck. Also I am using unleaded fuel. Will this hurt the motor or not? | | |
#17392 12/02/2002 8:05 PM | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 14 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 14 | If you have a "3 on the tree" column shift then down and toward the steering wheel is first, second is up and away from the steering wheel. Reverse is toward the steering wheel and up. this is a normal "H" pattern | | |
#17393 12/02/2002 8:32 PM | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | Unleaded is ok. It sounds like you could use a shop manual, they are less than $25 from most vendors and they are reprints of the original. They are very well written. Your gear problem is either in the shift linkage (hopefully) or the transmission itself.
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#17394 12/02/2002 10:23 PM | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2 | Thanks for the help. I got it moved now. I think I will buy the shop manual. | | |
#17395 12/03/2002 3:52 AM | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 167 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 167 | Here's the "3 on the tree" shift pattern.  Chevyboy62 R 2 N 1 3
My truck don't leak oil, it just marks its teritory.
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