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Ok so about 6:00 I’m working on the new Holley for the 66 f100 getting it dialed in truck runs great had the transmission in park I was Revving the engine and playing with the idle shifter fell out of park and went into reverse the truck proceeded to then mow down the 352 behind it sitting on a stand before crushing it against the tailgate and my shelf full of oil and parts followed by the truck dying so now the problem the shifter doesn’t lock into park if you tap it just slightly it falls right into reverse you don’t even have to pull it forward it will sit in park but any slight movement and she’s in reverse
That is a no fun happening, glad you were not hurt.
Tell us what column and what transmission you have? Is it the original column and MX trans or something else that has been swapped in?
Here is a link to a thread with the parts page for a 65-72 auto column. Automatic Trans Steering Column - Ford Truck Enthusiasts Forums (ford-trucks.com)
These pics are 73-79 type but they all work the same. The spring in the column holds the shift lever in those detents. The part with the detents is different between one for a car and one for a truck in fact most of the ones I've seen for a truck had truck stamped into them.
Hopefully you just have a linkage adjustment problem because I suspect most of the repair parts are very hard to find.
These old trucks are notorious for that. Hopefully damage kept to a minimum.
Dealt with same issue myself. Shift detent plate worn or often the rubber bushing on the shift arm can be worn or just degraded. https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l#post17758143
That is a no fun happening, glad you were not hurt.
Tell us what column and what transmission you have? Is it the original column and MX trans or something else that has been swapped in?
Here is a link to a thread with the parts page for a 65-72 auto column. Automatic Trans Steering Column - Ford Truck Enthusiasts Forums (ford-trucks.com)
These pics are 73-79 type but they all work the same. The spring in the column holds the shift lever in those detents. The part with the detents is different between one for a car and one for a truck in fact most of the ones I've seen for a truck had truck stamped into them.
Hopefully you just have a linkage adjustment problem because I suspect most of the repair parts are very hard to find.
it’s a 66 f100 factory automatic column with cruise o magic transmission
Waaaaaaaaaay back, when I was in the second grade, my dad picked me up after school, then we went to the service station/grill his brother owned.
We parked on the upper side of the building, on the drivers side of a nice pink/white '56 Victoria. We found out it belonged to his brother, who had just wheeled and dealed for it, as he usually did. As we were getting ready to leave, my uncle was showing him the '56.
We had a '51 Ford two door, and I had climbed into the back seat, as dad sat in the passenger side, on the edge of the seat sideways, with the door open, feet on the door sill.
My uncle was sitting somewhat the same way in the '56, with one foot inside so he could work the accelerator as he wanted dad to hear it run. "Uncle Slim" was revving it up a few times, and it was sounding good. Then suddenly the Ford-O-Matic slipped out of park and into reverse as he was revving up.
The car lunged backward with the door half way open, hitting the open passenger door of our car, ramming it closed onto dad's feet, more specific, his left foot.
My uncle luckily was able to hit the brake after the impact, then pull forward. How it kept from breaking dad's foot I don't know. It was swollen, red and black, and he could barely limp. It may have been broken, I don't know, for dad didn't like doctors much. His motto was to rub kerosene on it and get back to work. If I had a bad cut or bee sting, out to the fuel drum we went to get some kerosene to rub on it...lol
Somehow he managed to drive our '51 with three on the tree home. There was a lot of limping, and cussing Uncle Slim, over the next few weeks, but he did recover.
So, even low mile, not that old, Ford-O-Matics, jumped out of gear. Ford's park latch left a bit to be desired back then.
Speaking of latches......Ford's door latches didn't always work as desired either.
A friend of mine had a '61 Galaxy 2 door. Not a Starliner, but a two door hard top, square back. He had a bad habit of rolling down the window, propping his left arm on top of the door, and driving right handed while leaning against the door.
One day he was heading home when he came to the stop sign just above his place. There is a 45 degree right turn about 20 feet before the stop sign. He must not have double checked his door when he got in a short distance earlier. He was applying the brakes to stop while making his 45 degree turn. Just before completely stopping, the door flew open.
He came rolling out of the car, bounced around on the pavement, as his car proceeded to cross the road. He hopped up to chase it down, but didn't catch it before it went into the ditch across the intersecting road, bending the passenger bumper, grill, and fender back.
The car was drivable, but looked a little worse for wear, as he did with the road rash he had for a couple of months. The car never was repaired, which led to lots of questions about what happened, and lots of jokes about how he was supposed to drive the car from the inside, not run along beside it.....
The driver's door on my old62 Unibody would pop open on just about every right turn I took, loaded or not. Luckily I usually had one hand on the wheel and t'other on the shifter so I never fell out. The 63 Uni I am working on getting going has a gate latch bolted in to keep the passenger door closed, not much to hold on to over there.
Every car we ever had was a 2 door because Mom was afraid of 4 door cars that one of us would fall out.
But Dad had a WW2 Ford Jeep for a parts chaser and daily ride for his truck/auto shop with no doors and my brother and I had to ride in the back and never fell out.
