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I have a couple what I thought were 1970 Nuetral safety switches. I have a dual gate shifter from what I believed to be 1970. I was comparing them side by side and noticed some things different:
The arm that attaches to the shifter mechanism is longer on the two I have compared to the one installed on shifter and the connecting point is bent in the opposite direction. Other than that the switch and connections are the same.
Anybody know what yr or years the switches I have here are for?
Just to confirm the dual gate shown is a 1970 right?
I noticed fusicks sells the switches but stipulates not for 1970 dual gate.
Any info?
The switch in your hand should be P/N 1993381, which is all 1967-70 floor shift except dual gate. The one on the dual gate should be P/N 1994100 and that one is unique to 1970 dual gate applications. There are also two different links. P/N 396325 is for two speed shifters and P/N 396285 is for three speed shifters. Unfortunately I don't know the lengths of each link, but I'm guessing that the long one is for a Jetaway shifter.
Not that it matters but I was looking at the same thing today....checking to see who had '70 Dual Gate Shifter NSS's.
The Parts Place shows one for the 1970 Dual Gate....but as mentioned above, Fusick does not.
But....looking at your pics it appears the only difference b/n a regular floor shift NSS and the Dual Gate NSS is the ORIENTATION of the arm coming out the front and how far the arm extends once flipped over. In a pinch, it seems feasible to "convert" the 1970 regular floor shift NSS to Dual Gate useage if someone had a non-dual gate NSS and wanted to save some $ (vs. buying a repro....one buddy of mine has gone through at least 3 repros as they either didn't work or failed in use shortly after being installed).
Thanks guys, I was thinking it could be modified to fit if necessary but didn't know if it was common to do so or worth the trouble. Seems like a fairly simple design, not sure why the failure of the reproduction pcs?
I'll email my buddy and ask....the repro NSS's (regular floor shift auto/console -'70 442) he got kept failing and I'm not imagining it b/c he would email me about his frustration with the repro parts. They seem super simple but you never know.
With the cost of a repro '70 Hurst Dual Gate switch ($90-100 + shipping) I figured one could save some serious $ if they had an original non-dual gate floor shift NSS that they wanted to try and use with a Dual Gate.
They're just a sliding contact deal...nothing exotic.
With the cost of a repro '70 Hurst Dual Gate switch ($90-100 + shipping) I figured one could save some serious $ if they had an original non-dual gate floor shift NSS that they wanted to try and use with a Dual Gate.
They're just a sliding contact deal...nothing exotic.
What do the millennials call this Joe?? How to hack your NSS?
It would be easy enough to cut off and flip over the tab end of the NSS slider bar and then MIG weld it back on....or just make a new tab end, etc.
I made a '70-72 console door latch from flat sheet metal one evening.....just to see if it could be done. A guy needed one locally and I cranked it out......couldn't tell it from an original when I got through. Yes, time consuming but it was fun to see what would happen.
Last edited by 70Post; January 31st, 2019 at 07:00 PM.
January 30th, 2019, 09:39 AM
