Automatic shift in the floor?? Anyone ever seen?
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Automatic shift in the floor?? Anyone ever seen?
Hi, I've been a member for awhile but never posted before. 
Awhile back we purchased a '73 F-250. It is automatic but the shift is in the floor. There is no sign of the steering column being changed and there is no sign of a shift lever being removed from it. The vin plate on the door shows it to have came out with an automatic, G on the plate. The vin plate is correct for the truck, I have checked the vin on the frame and they match.
It has some issues, the order of gears is backwards, park is last instead of first. There is no indicator so you just have to feel for them. They are also very close together, hard to get the gear you want.
Anybody ever seen anything like this?
Barbara
Awhile back we purchased a '73 F-250. It is automatic but the shift is in the floor. There is no sign of the steering column being changed and there is no sign of a shift lever being removed from it. The vin plate on the door shows it to have came out with an automatic, G on the plate. The vin plate is correct for the truck, I have checked the vin on the frame and they match.
It has some issues, the order of gears is backwards, park is last instead of first. There is no indicator so you just have to feel for them. They are also very close together, hard to get the gear you want.
Anybody ever seen anything like this?
Barbara
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Someone probably changed the column to a 4-spped column that has no shifter and used a shifter from something else. The reason it is backwards is because the column shifter uses a different lever on the tranny than the floor shifter. The column shifter pushes back on the lever as you drop from park to drive and the floor shifer pulls forward.
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If you get a chance to look more closely see if the floor shifter is a cable style or if it has a direct linkage. The aftermarket cable style shifters can be mounted in several different positions on the tranny. Whoever installed it may have just put it on backwards. A simple swap to the opposite side may fix that.
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Originally Posted by ivanribic
If you get a chance to look more closely see if the floor shifter is a cable style or if it has a direct linkage. The aftermarket cable style shifters can be mounted in several different positions on the tranny. Whoever installed it may have just put it on backwards. A simple swap to the opposite side may fix that.
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You have to be careful about the length of the shift lever. If it doesn't correspond with the shifter then you will have just as much trouble, i.e. if you set it up at Park you may run out of travel on the shifter before you reach 1st and if it has markings they won't line up right with the gear they're in. Plus, to remove that lever you need to pull the valve body. Not too terribly tough but it is a bit of hassle.
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