Manual Shift Collar 69.5 Maverick Located M7A1V happened to have a shift collar on a 69.5 parts car. Have not got it all back together yet but did not see any cracks on the inside. Maybe it will last a while. Anyone runs across one somewhere let me know though I am still looking to collect a few, Thing is it has to be a 69.5 with the ignition key on the dash not on the steering column. Thanks for everything everyone.......Kelly I have a 69.5 Maverick with a 3 on the column manual shift and the shift collar that goes around the steering column that the shift handle pivots on has broken inside. As most may know this is a very hard (almost impossible I believe) part to find. My only hope it seems will be a stroke of luck if someone walks up on a 3 on the column manual shift in a junkyard or converts their 3 on the column to a floor shift and has a way to fill in the void removing their colar would leave. Any suggestions/recomendations/tips/leads etc. will be greatly appreciated. My email address is Kelly_Evans@bat.com or KE1181@aol.com Thanks
Kelly; I moved my auto on the column to the floor, and fixing the collar is the same. Just use a die grinder, grind off the shift handle mount flush with the collar. Remove the wheel, get inside the collar, and put a fiberglass patch inside the collar and make it level with the outside of the collar. Then sand and use bondo to level and smooth it out, prime and paint and you will never know it was there. Then, remove the linkage from the bottom of the column and you are done. Then, put a good floor shifter in. Hope this helps. Earl
