automatic floor shifter question

[Belv2Vert]

Hey All,

I am putting together a basket case and have a question on the shifter hoping someone can help me with........

How and where does the spring for the shifter handle pawl (plastic rod the knob screws onto) install ? The picture in the service manual doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I circled the spring I am talking about on the pic.

It sort of looks like it just goes up against the bottom of the pawl in the tube but then it looks like the other end would land on the small shaft the shifter handle pivots on. I am pointing to where it looks like it goes with the screwdriver in the other pics. What am I missing here)

 

[RJ Squirrel]

This is what mine looks like, 68 Charger, should fit 66-69. What is yours for?

 

[RJ Squirrel]

 

[RemCharger]

Right. The cotter pin holds the spring.

 

[Sam69sat]

Hey All,

I am putting together a basket case and have a question on the shifter hoping someone can help me with........

How and where does the spring for the shifter handle pawl (plastic rod the knob screws onto) install ? The picture in the service manual doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I circled the spring I am talking about on the pic.

It sort of looks like it just goes up against the bottom of the pawl in the tube but then it looks like the other end would land on the small shaft the shifter handle pivots on. I am pointing to where it looks like it goes with the screwdriver in the other pics. What am I missing here)





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Can you tell me which manual that shifter diagram is from? My manual isn't that detailed. I'm trying to view all the different clips, washers, etc in the linkage.

 

[Dave6T4]

I added a '70 'Cuda "Slap Shifter" to my '67 R/T by adapting the longer handle (like the one pictured) onto the mechanism. It was so long ago, I don't exactly remember how. It works great, with no possibility of accidentally overshifting to the next gear.

 

[Belv2Vert]

Thanks all ! making more sense now. I found that pic on an ebay auction for the spring. My service manual is probably similar to yours in that it doesn't show much.

 

[Belv2Vert]

The slap stick mod would be pretty cool !