Good evening,

I am finally entering the final assembly phase and was thrown somewhat of a curve that ties in perfectly with this thread. When I disassembled by car, there was only a single rod (2nd pic) attaching the Back Drive Lever to the transmission. Now that I am reversing the process and trying to rely on "the book", I found a totally different diagram for the Back Drive Assembly. Can someone please tell me which is correct? This is a 1969 Floor Shift Car (original) that was a JetAway, now a 200-4R. In addition, I am using the Shiftworks Detent Bracket for the Shifter, with a repro factory cable.

Candidly, as this is my first "rebuild", I could not have made it this far without the expertise you all have shared on this site and I am very appreciative!

Hoping for a little more guidance to carry me to the next crisis. Thank you!

 

Here's your own thread, since your question really isn't related to the thread you hijacked. I'm not sure exactly what your question is. Was your car originally a column shifted car?

 

My apologies for the hijacking Joe. Thank you for putting this in the right place.

The car has always been Automatic with Console. However, when I got it, it only had the single rod shown connecting the Steering Column to the Transmission, instead of the 2 rods shown in the SM. The single rod pictures is a totally different shape from the one in the diagram as well. Truthfully, I don't even remember if it actually locked anything up.

My question is...Is there a method to connect the Lock Up with this single rod, or do I need to but the 2 rod set up to get the Back Drive Lock Up to work?

As always, your advice is most appreciated!

Thank you.

 

Got it. 1969 was the first year for the backdrive linkage and locking steering column. Your car must be an early build, as the single rod was the first design, shown in the upper RH part of this page from the PIM. This was changed to the equalizer crossover as shown in the rest of the drawing. That configuration has been used ever since. Note that this drawing is dated Oct 1968. 1969 model year production would have started in August.

 

Thank you so much for the clarification Joe. I thought I was loosing my mind. Now that you've pointed it out, I see the Inset stating "1st Type".

Oddly enough, my car was built in the first week of April (04A), so I had some early items and some late items like 1970 Windlace. Would the JetAway have anything to do with it? The original "Lever" from the JetAway was replaced when I installed the 2004R with a Shiftworks Lever. The new lever has 2 loops stamped into it, similar to the later setup. Based on that and your guidance, I ordered an original (2nd version) Back Drive setup on eBay, as I could not adapt my original rod to the Shiftworks Lever.

This has really been an adventure and I have learned so much, particularly from you and others on this site. I also learned that nothing new fits like it's supposed to and must be modified, if it works at all. Trying to stick with all original GM when I can.

Thank you again for your help and rapid replies!

 

Note the bracket bolted to the chassis that provides a pivot point for the equalizer rod. You'll need to add that. I don't know if the chassis will have the holes already or not....
There's a spring and a plastic bushing that centers the equalizer rod. Those are easy to loose and the bushing can crack and fall apart. Double check that the kit came with everything!

The backdrive adjustment will be a bit of a pain now that the detents are in a very different location.

 

The bushing and spring are available from Inline Tube.

 

The same bracket was used on column shift cars, so yeah the holes will be there.