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Old Feb 17, 2006 | 08:14 AM
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Can you install a hurst shifter through the console from above? I would be installing the shifter as well as new linkage on my 72 sb. I've been told by a mechanic that they would have to get at it from underneath and possibly drop the tranny/driveshaft to get at it. Does this sound right?
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Should not need to drop tranny or remove drive-shaft, but it is tight.
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Old Feb 17, 2006 | 08:52 AM
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Should not need to drop tranny or remove drive-shaft, but it is tight.



Impossible to install everything from above. I could install only the handle through the console. The linkage definetly from below.
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Installed one in my 76. Done from the bottom. Very very tight. the linkage must be done from the bottom. I took the old shifter out through the top. The hardest part is the linkage
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Installed one in my 76. Done from the bottom. Very very tight. the linkage must be done from the bottom. I took the old shifter out through the top. The hardest part is the linkage

I just did this on my 76 in November. All from the bottom. It helped that the exhaust was out at the time.
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