Getting shifter off
Getting shifter off
Freshman User
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 48
Likes: 0
From: Lafayette
Getting shifter off
1985 F-150 Inline 6
236,000 miles
My 85 just broke last week. In the 85 it is a little cap that you
push in and twist counterclockwise. Ford wanted $160 for a replacement, I have the NP*** transmission. I had to get a magnet
to fish out the end of the shifter and I had a local weld shop
weld the stick back together. It's been running for a week now.
Todd
236,000 miles
My 85 just broke last week. In the 85 it is a little cap that you
push in and twist counterclockwise. Ford wanted $160 for a replacement, I have the NP*** transmission. I had to get a magnet
to fish out the end of the shifter and I had a local weld shop
weld the stick back together. It's been running for a week now.
Todd
New User
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 19
Likes: 0
From: Canada
Getting shifter off
Hello, I know this is late, but just in case...I think the Borg/warner trans has the screw-off cap around the bottom of the shifter. The NP trans has the cap you push down & turn 1/4 turn to unlock. This is sometimes easier said than done. What I do is take a pair of vise grips, and push down on the cap, with the cap pressed down with the nose of the pliers I clamp the vise grips to the shifter, this holds the cap down against the "tough" spring. You can then easily turn the cap with a lager set of pliers to get it off. "I've been there Brother" so Good luck!!
*Note: I thought my trans had gone, when really all that happened was the shift rail in the cover broke. Now I take the covers off before pulling the transmission haha!
Have a good one buddy!
Randy
*Note: I thought my trans had gone, when really all that happened was the shift rail in the cover broke. Now I take the covers off before pulling the transmission haha!
Have a good one buddy!
Randy
