Hurst floor shifter install

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Jan 26, 2011 | 03:35 AM

mdr617

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Hurst floor shifter install

So, i just put a new steering wheel on my 79 f100 2wd. The auto shifter is kinda close to the wheel, so im thinkin about installing a new hurst pro-matic floor shifter. Anyone here do this or have one in their truck? Would it be awkwardly low?

Jan 26, 2011 | 11:02 AM

jsutton

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I don't have that shifter but I did put in a B&M Z-gate floor shifter in mine. I used four lug nuts as spacers under it to raise it just a little. It's a fine height to me.

Jan 26, 2011 | 11:41 AM

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I seen a chevy once that he had built up a console inbetween the bucket seats for his shifter and several other acessories... looked prety good, well except that it was a chevy, and an automatic...

Jan 26, 2011 | 08:15 PM

bkohne1

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Are the floor shifters a linkage or cable hookup?

Jan 26, 2011 | 10:25 PM

jsutton

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Not sure about the Hurst the OP mentioned, but my B&M is cable and it came with the cable and all the brackets to work with a variety of transmissions.

Jan 28, 2011 | 03:09 AM

mdr617

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so what did you guys do about where the old shifter mounted on the steering colum?

Jan 28, 2011 | 07:49 AM

irlfan360

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Originally Posted by mdr617

so what did you guys do about where the old shifter mounted on the steering colum?

Thats something I'd like to know too. I had 3 on the tree, and the shift collar broke, so I installed a Hurst floor shifter...but the steering column looks awful!