akins2000

Hello I purchased a dual gate shifter for my 72 cutlass. The person I got it from told me it was on a 71. I need to know will the neutral Safety switch that's on my 72 will work since it's a floor shifter car.

2blu442

I believe both the 1971 and 72 used the neutral safety switch at the base of the steering column. It sounds like your car has a regular floor shifter. If so you should be in good shape, just make sure the linkage to the column is kept on the car.

John

akins2000

Thanks because I dont know anything about installing this dual gate shifter. I dont know anyone in St. Louis that can help me.So whatever help I can get my eye and ears are open.

2blu442

It's not too difficult, just take your time and post questions as they arise. The search function isn't the best here, but if you can try it to find old threads that may walk you through it.

You may already know that you need to cut out the hole in the console larger for the dual gate. There are marks cast into the plastic that you can see from the underside. Then you'll need to purchase a different plastic piece with the wood grain as its shorter for the dual gate. The linkage I mentioned in the previous message should already be hooked up. So locate the correct location to mount the dual gate brackets and hook the cable to the transmission lever just like the single gate cable was.

John

joe_padavano

The shifter has nothing to do with the NSS. Since the feds required the shifter to be locked with the steering column, even floor shift cars connected to the steering column using the backdrive linkage. So long as you retain this linkage, your NSS will work just fine. Note that the arm on the trans needs to be the correct one for a floor shift car with backdrive. It looks like this:



The long slot is for the adjustable stud that connects to the shifter cable. The other two ears are for the backdrive rod, which looks just like the column shift rod.

akins2000

Ok thanks where can I find that part

joe_padavano

Well, you can type "th350 shift arm" into Google, which yields this.

2blu442

When I read your first post I thought you said the car had a floor shifter in it already, just not the dual gate. If that's correct you should already have the bracket Joe posted a picture of.

John

joe_padavano

Good catch. I missed that.

akins2000

Ok so I don't need that linkage since I already has a floor shifter car but not the dual gate? Believe it I had ordered that yesterday. So I should be straight. This is how the car look now I did floor pans, both fender patches and both rear quarters. Windshield frame was rusted out. I can't believe how much money oldsmobile parts are and if it was a chevelle I think I would of been saving a lot of money lol