1960 f100/292 yblock/Fordomatic
 

I have a 1960 f100 with a 292 and factory fordomatic as stated in the title. I have the shift rod but cant seem to find the kick down or "TV" rod. Where can I find one? Anyone here have one? Are the the rods from a car the same?

kickdown
 

Anyone know if the car would be the same?

sorry i cant help you out but if it were me and i had access to a car kickdown i might just buy it to try it. what else are you gonna do. i bet you could spend a lifetime looking for the correct pickup kickdown as it seems the autos were pretty rare. good luck.

rod
 

I suppose you are right but I would really like the correct one.

make a wrong one work and keep looking for the right one. easy beans!

rod
 

I'll have to do that for now. But I still will keep hunting

My '58 and my dad's '55 both have a Fordomatic.

But I don't know if the cars kickdown was the same or different from the trucks. Sorry I don't have an extra one either:( All I have are pictures of mine if you want to refer to it.

truck
 

OYeah that would be good

These are the only pics I could find of the kickdown in my large inventory of pictures. I can get a few better ones when I go to work on it the next time.

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps3d458959.jpg

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps21ab8083.jpg

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps3950338f.jpg

Yeah that looks just like mine. Now I just need to hunt down the kickdown

Wait!!! The one I posted the pictures of is the linkage you have????

Because that one is the kickdown linkage.

You will then need the shifter linkage.

This one:

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...psedd9afd6.jpg

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...psf3e226ab.jpg

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...pse2715e71.jpg

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...psbc092fe8.jpg

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...psd8756305.jpg

rod
 

No I meant I had everything else in the pic. I have the shift linkage toi

B7TZ-7A187-B .. Kickdown Rod-19 43/64" developed length / Obsolete

Applications: 1957/58 F250/350 272/292 / 1957/59 F100 272/292 / 1960 F100 292 before 5/23/1960.
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COTT-7A187-A .. Kickdown Rod-19 11/16" developed length / Obsolete

Application: 1960 F100 292 from 5/23/1960.

No Ford Dealer or obsolete parts vendor has any.

What's correct, what ain't? The 1957/63 Ford Truck Parts Catalog is available on a CD from hipoparts.com

rod
 

So basically I'm screwed?

Where do you live? California, same state as I do. More Ford trucks sold new in CA than anyplace else, except TX which is numero uno.

What state has more Ford trucks in junkyards besides CA? I doubt any do. You cannot expect, when you own an old rolling pile of miseries (especially one 53 years old), that parts will be readily available.

So you have to go out and beat the bushes. I've owned 60 Packards and never had a problem finding a part. Why? Because "I got up off it and searched."