700r4 with column shifter?????'s

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Nov 22, 2012
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Altoona, PA
I have done this with two different malibus, an 80 and 81. the steering column will work but doesn't have enough travel to put the trans in first gear. You can adjust the linkage to get the other positions to work, putting it in drive it shifts through the gears fine, I had to modify the frame bracket beside the trans to get the correct pivot alignment. In both instances I eventually replaced the column shift with a B&M Pro-Stick, column shifters just aren't much fun.
 

drb930

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Aug 5, 2010
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To get it to work properly into 1st gear the cross shaft has to be raised to be level with the trans.
I did this by getting another stock bracket from the bone yard.
Cutting about 1/3 off the top of the original bracket, cut the bottom off the new bracket and welding the 2 together to raise the pivot point of the cross shaft higher.
 

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