HotRod777
Well-Known Member
I have a couple specific question that I’m hoping someone can help me with that has first hand experience. 1966 Coronet, manual steering, column shift.
The car shifts through and actuates all the gear correctly, however the park position has no lock or detent position. What I mean is this: On all other column shift cars I’ve ever driven you pull towards you before you pull down to get the car out of the park detent. (It helps keep the ‘locked’ up in park) On my car the shift lever will drop right to reverse, N or D without any fo/aft movement of the lever. In fact I can grab the shift collar on the column, rotate it and shift the car without even touching the lever. The lever does stop at D and does require pulling forward to get down to 2 or 1.
Am I correct in assuming that something is wrong, broken or bent in the gate that’s inside the column?
Follow up question, being this is a 66, before the collapsible shaft, is it possible to dissemble the top of the column, down to the shift collar while it’s still in the car? Thanks for any help!
The car shifts through and actuates all the gear correctly, however the park position has no lock or detent position. What I mean is this: On all other column shift cars I’ve ever driven you pull towards you before you pull down to get the car out of the park detent. (It helps keep the ‘locked’ up in park) On my car the shift lever will drop right to reverse, N or D without any fo/aft movement of the lever. In fact I can grab the shift collar on the column, rotate it and shift the car without even touching the lever. The lever does stop at D and does require pulling forward to get down to 2 or 1.
Am I correct in assuming that something is wrong, broken or bent in the gate that’s inside the column?
Follow up question, being this is a 66, before the collapsible shaft, is it possible to dissemble the top of the column, down to the shift collar while it’s still in the car? Thanks for any help!