flr shifter ?

i put a flr shifter in my wagon and removed the 1 on column. do i need to remove the spring that you see in the old shifter hole before i fill in the hole. its the spring that keeps the column shifter handle forward then you pull shifter toward you to put in gear. any help would be great thanks

mtrhead79 wrote:

i put a flr shifter in my wagon and removed the 1 on column. do i need to remove the spring that you see in the old shifter hole before i fill in the hole. its the spring that keeps the column shifter handle forward then you pull shifter toward you to put in gear. any help would be great thanks

Send a note to 200OZ. Mike just did this conversion.

Tim

mtrhead79 wrote:

i put a flr shifter in my wagon and removed the 1 on column. do i need to remove the spring that you see in the old shifter hole before i fill in the hole. its the spring that keeps the column shifter handle forward then you pull shifter toward you to put in gear. any help would be great thanks

Nope throw it away,. jb weld over the hole,. check for pics on this forum of the one i did,.

Nick

thanks for reply i will look for your pics. john

One issue is making sure that the ignition circuit will no longer "see" the position of the old column shifter. It is wired up so that the starter solenoid will only get juice in Park or Neutral.

I had that as an early issue when I went to my B&M Mega-shifter, that the old column turned an locked out the starter circuit. Being an old geezer it slips my mind If I ever fixed it or how.

i have the column turn when i put flr shifter in gear, i just was not sure about spring it seams to not want to come out threw the old hole in colmn. was trying to avoid taking column apart. i think i will just fill in hole with jb weld and leave the spring in there. it works fine the way it is now

thought i give update. i cut stub off of colum and then i could get spring out. filled in hole with jb weld my cousin gave me a sheet that was made of rubber that had a teflon coating and i used that to keep the jb stuff from falling in colum while it dried. here are some photos of it.