Floor Shifter

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  1. 20cows

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    I'm kind of dreading the answer to this question.

    I found several Mavericks at the local boneyard (has somewhere in the ballpark of 12,000 cars according to one of the employees) and I found one with a floor shifter. Am I correct in that I will have get under the snake-infested rat's nest to get the linkage loose, or is it possible to extract the shifter from the top side only?
     
  2. Craig Selvey

    Craig Selvey Indiana State Rep - MCCI

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    I would say you are going to have to crawl under....of cut a big hole.
     
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    I thought so.

    I wouldn't want to cut a hole in a boneyard carcus, you never know what someone else might need someday.
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    check and see if it has the trans. if not go through the shifter hole...if it has the "hump" get it for me...:D

    ...:Handshake ...
     
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    "the hump"

    I suppose you mean a c4 tranny? There are lots of those out there, many still hooked to an I6.
     
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    Alright, I just saw a reference to "the hump" on another thread dealing with a floor shifter.

    All my previous experience is with column shifters and I haven't done anything with a tranny except hiring somebody ( a transmision shop) to replace the toasted c4 in my F100 with a c6.

    What is "the hump?"
     
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    Don't need it...
     
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    get us some pics! of what you retrieve!!
     

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