hey everybody after i got the 74 460(automatic) warmed up and everything this morning i went to put it in drive and it went all the way to first and then i had a floppy gear-handle and a runaway truck, i had to reach underneath the truck and get it to neutral!

I just now got home from work and tore apart the column finding the internal part of the shift collar(ref. lmctruck pg 48 part 16 in the diagram pn: 43-7352) is all broken from the outer part.

is there anyway i can fix this for now or find another way to shift my truck. I was hoping it was some kind of ferrous metal but its not magnetic so i dont think i have any ability to weld it back into order? I think its either aluminum or magnesium? I really dont think i could JB weld either.

 

I think they're just cheap pot metal, they don't cost that much just buy another one...until then i guess you could try JB weld...

Column, Shift Sleeve Auto 1973 - 77

 

thanks M-H.

Yea i seen theyre not expensive thank god but as of yesterday this truck is my only ride therefore i dont have time to order the part b/c of the holiday and all that

 

Yea, you can't order another one until Tuesday, do you have a junk yard that's still open in your area? if not, i'd give the JB weld a shot as a temporary fix.

It's very hard to weld pot metal, at least with any lasting success, the various metals like aluminum, zinc and copper that are used in pot metal have a very low melting point.

 

thats what i figured i wasn't even gonna try to solder this junk...
i found a friend that had a parts truck but it was for a 78-79 and wont work.

so i just got back from the ace hardware place and he showed me this PC7 jb weldy stuff, they had a beer bottle glued to 50 different things and looked pretty mean so i bought that and some regular jb, im tryin to use a sparing amount in the cracks after scuffing the entire thing real good with scotch-brite and once an hour goes by and thats good and hardened i will comence to pile this stuff on around and make sure its glued good! LOL.

 

Best of luck with it, even if it just holds for a week that's all you need until the new part arrives.

 

Do you have a nice carpet or floor mat in your truck ? Or is it a builder project with out floor covering ? If there's nothing there to damage,then drill a small hole in the floor right above the shifter arm. Then run a rod though the floor and attach it to the arm. Lift up and push down to shift in to gear. I'v done that a number of times on a builder while i am waiting for a good floor shifter. Of course if it's all finished in side ,then that's not a good idea.___

 

jim i seriously thought of that too. i tried that on an aod build myself an angle iron shifter but it was pretty dangerous as was too hard to make one click it would go three clicks on accident lol

 

Barrow your friend's 78/79 colum & just bypass the NSS. it'll work atleast till you can find a older colum or figure out how to wire up your NSS. you wont have reverse light's & it'll start in any gear so remember that. LOL