Column Shifter Jamming
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Column Shifter Jamming
I have a three on the tree in my 77 F-100. The sucker kept getting jammed and would require me to get out of the truck and unjam it from under the hood. Finally I gave up on it when it started getting jammed all the dang time (usually would happen at the most inconvenient of times). So a couple of years ago I cut some holes through the floor of the cab by the very skillful use of a cold chisel and a hammer and now it is a twin shift three speed on the floor. I now want to set it back to stock and I am wondering if there is a way of repairing the shifting mechanism. The column is out of a 71 Ford. Thanks 
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I have a three on the tree in my 77 F-100. The sucker kept getting jammed and would require me to get out of the truck and unjam it from under the hood. Finally I gave up on it when it started getting jammed all the dang time (usually would happen at the most inconvenient of times).
So a couple of years ago I cut some holes (
sigh) through the floor of the cab by the very skillful use of a cold chisel and a hammer and now it is a twin shift three speed on the floor. I now want to set it back to stock and I am wondering if there is a way of repairing the shifting mechanism. The column is out of a 71 Ford.
So a couple of years ago I cut some holes (
sigh) through the floor of the cab by the very skillful use of a cold chisel and a hammer and now it is a twin shift three speed on the floor. I now want to set it back to stock and I am wondering if there is a way of repairing the shifting mechanism. The column is out of a 71 Ford.What happens (and this is very common): The rubber insulators harden up and crack apart (sometimes fall out), causing the shift lever to bind up.
C5TZ7343A .. Bushing & Insulator Kit / Use 3 speed Manual Transmission w/Column Shift / Fits: 1965/66 F100/250 / 1967/77 F100/350 / 1969/74 E100/300.
One kit does both levers. Ford obsoleted this kit two months ago, which you coulda bought a coupla years ago for 10 bucks. When last available, the price had risen to $30.73.
What the following sources are asking for it, I dunno.
RACETTE FORD in Oshkosh (by gosh) WI has 1 = 920-426-9020.
BLOOMER FORD-MERCURY in Bloomer WI has 1 = 715-568-2182.
GLACIER VALLEY FORD-MERCURY in Baraboo WI has 1 = 608-356-2222.
VINTAGE FORD PARTS in Beaver Dam WI has 4 = 877-846-8243.
GREEN SALES CO. in Cincinnati OH has 8 = 800-543-4959.
PARTS INTERNATIONAL in Farmers Branch TX has 18 = 888-727-0418.
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