I just put a 62 390 and cruiso in a 66 LTD. The 62 was a floor shift model and the 66 is a coloum.Question is the shiftlevers on the trans are different.Floor model lever is on top and the coloum is on bottom. I went to take off a spare one on a later trans and damn I think I gotta pull the pan to get it off.Must be clipped or bolted inside.Do you have to take out the vlvbody also? I need to change them cause it reverses the shift pattern-low is park. HELP!!! -Feder
According to my 62 ford shop manual shows the levers attached with 2 nuts, a small nut for the inner kickdown lever & a larger nut for the manual control. When I say inner/outer I mean the kickdown portion is inside the manual control where it goes thru the trans case. You have to drop the pan but not the valve body. Use caution that the detent ball& spring don,t fly out when you take it apart. I know 63's floor shift******* levers have 2 holes, the one at the end of the long part that points back & down(for the floor shift) and a hole at the top towards the front like the column shift only cars Billy
Thanks Shoebox I was afraid of that. Damn the eng/trans is in the car hope the***** doesnt go bling when I try. Marshall this LTD is a factory 4 spd 4 dr hardtop but a 390.EXACTLY like My old one. A friend bought the car took out the 390 and 4 spd.Gave Me the car and the running 390 out of his 62 to build the 390 for Him.Its gonna be Mommas ride Baby Blue lowered with chrome wheels.Car sat in a garage in spokane since 78 the interior is like new.-Feder
I ALSO happen to have a 66 LTD 4dr HT with 390 an HT. dubbed old rusty. I am gonna chop the top off it, one day....
This can be done in the car w/ a little patience. The detent spring & ball ARE gonna come out no matter what you do. Best is to remove valve body first tho.Get new linkage in and lined up, then use a piece of brake tubing w/ the flair part pushing up on the ball & spring to reinstall it.Kinda messy job, but can be done.Dave
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