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1. Locate a floor shifter appropriate for your automatic - typical sources could be a car of a similar year as the transmission - where the car has a floor shifter.
2. Install the floor shifter in your truck in the appropriate location to allow the shift cable to reach the shift mechanism on the transmission - this will include drilling a hole in the floor of the truck for the shift cable to pass through
3. Disconnect and remove the existing lever and rod from your column that goes to the transmission
4. Hook up the cable from the floor shifter to your automatic shift mechanism and fine tune the adjustments
Do you know what vehicle your transmission came out of. Does your truck have the neutral safety switch on the column or on the transmission. The reason I ask is Ford used a million different manual levers in those transmissions different ones for cars, trucks column shift floor shift etc. You may have to use some sort of aftermarket shifter and linkage to get it to work in that truck. Here is a picture of three of the ones I have here.
The shifter and linkage is from a 71 Torino GT it is very similar to the one used in the Mustang both those cars had the neutral safety as part of the shifter. In order for it to work in a truck it would have to have the manual lever that goes with it. The center one is from a 70's F100 the neutral safety was on the column and the far left is for a 78-79 F100/150 that neutral safety was on the transmission. I guess what I'm saying here is you need to call Summit or Jegs.
not sure what the tranny and the engine came out of - the original was a 240 6 cylinder with a C4 and the truck was converted to a 390 with a C6. Not a transmission expert but some squirrelly things have been done to this truck as I get deeper into the restoration. The truck will actually start in gear never knew a automatic to do this, but it will found that out by accident and luckily I didn't hurt anything. The shifter and the indicator on the column don't match up so I have to be care fully to make sure that it is in the correct gear. Plans are to probably replace the column and install a power steering upgrade and I would like to convert to a floor shifter for the automatic transmission. I just have do a little at a time because all these things cost real money.
I looked at your album and you have a pretty good looking truck. The column you have looks like a late 70's truck column but that's a guess on my part. I will say that they did not install it correctly. The bracket that holds it to the under side of the dash should have been drilled off and replaced with the original 66 bracket. Look at this web site Flashback F100's - USA Made Steel Made Repair Panels On This page will be only USA Made Repair Panels,, not like others that carry those Black Tawain cheap repair panels, Here is how I feel on ste He has the brackets and there is a lot of good info about steering and brakes on there, not to mention parts. As far as starting in gear you need to look and see if you still have a neutral safety switch. It will either be on the steering column inside the truck or on the transmission.
Thanks Crop Duster especially for the website for Flashback F100s, turns out that I only live about a hour from this place. I will need to make a visit real soon.
Suggest compile shopping list of available parts, labor, and cost of converting to floor shift as opposed to list of components needed to restore, replace existing column? If decided to go with floor shift conversion may want to consider purchasing transmission tunnel cover and floor shift steering column which are not that easy to come by, to U'r list? For what it's worth that is a mitty nice lookin truck and in my opinion I would be in the recondition/replace/ or restore column?
Thanks for the input Dave and the compliment on the truck, but as I heard from someone you can put lipstick on a pig but at the end of the day it's still a pig. What I've found about this truck is that it looks really good on the outside, but once I got past the looks I've found numerous issues so many at times it's hard to focus on what to do first. This will be a long and ardeous process but I believe with enough time and money I will get there.
I totally agree, one can not make a silk purse out of a sows ear and in my way of thinkin the truck is near pristine condition and any refabrication, replace, or upgrade that improves on its current condition is a good thing. On the other hand, recently gave a local fellow FTE member a steering column so he no longer has to deal with a dangling column shifter, and a door handles so he can now use his vise grips for intended purpose.
Appreciate follow up on how U'r project is coming along!
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