Sloppy Seconds, and Thirds
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Safety Car
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From: St. Clair Shores MI
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Sloppy Seconds, and Thirds
in a 69 auto car, the shifter is very sloppy shifting gears.
need to keep the original shifter, does anyone know if there is a look allike replacement or kit to make the original more drag race freindly ??
thanks !
need to keep the original shifter, does anyone know if there is a look allike replacement or kit to make the original more drag race freindly ??
thanks !
Team Owner
Joined: Jul 2004
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From: Redondo Beach, California
Your shifter is probably just worn out. Volunteer Vette (forum sponsor) sells all the individual pieces for the muncie shifter. Also, you can still buy new shifters. The shifter is easy to rebuild by yourself, so you can just buy all the individual pieces from Volunteer and renew the one you have.
I pulled the shifter out of my 68, and the shift mechanism was hidden inside a big ball of grease and sand. Over the years, the sand had noticeably worn the pieces.
Before you take the shifter apart, take some pictures of it and maybe make some drawings. I didn't and to get it back together I had to get another Muncie shifter to look at to get mine back together!
I pulled the shifter out of my 68, and the shift mechanism was hidden inside a big ball of grease and sand. Over the years, the sand had noticeably worn the pieces.
Before you take the shifter apart, take some pictures of it and maybe make some drawings. I didn't and to get it back together I had to get another Muncie shifter to look at to get mine back together!
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Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 4,049
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From: St. Clair Shores MI
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thanks, but this is for an automatic......
Le Mans Master
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Just about all the vendors have the detent plate and parts for auto shift cars. Figure out the parts you need and break out your credit card. really not that expensive either.
