tdhill01

I went down to my body shop and was told they needed another two weeks before they could take my car in so I decided to redo my brakes since I was leaking brake fluid. After jacking up the front of the car and taking out the old brake booster I laid down under the car to take a look at the distribution block on my frame and I see the shift rod dangling and only connected to the steering column. I took a couple of pictures and would like to know if someone can tell me what is going on here and what do I need to reconnect/take off. BTW, my 70 442 coupe has a console with dual gate shift. It was not shifting well so I replaced the modulator and vacuum line (which was/seemed clogged) - I never got the chance to test it out other than moving the car in and out of the garage.

As always, thank you.

Tom

joe_padavano

It looks like whoever did the floor shift conversion chose not to connect the backdrive linkage. I assume your backup lights and NSS don't work, either.

tdhill01

I bought it as a project Joe and knew I had to go over everything - a few surprises here and there but it's still early in my process. Never bothered to check the backup lights and I did not check to see if the nss is working or not - I have only started the car in both park and neutral. On my service manual on section 7-26 it shows the rod adjustment for a column shift and on 7-27 a shift cable adjustment if console equipped. Do I need to find a spring washer, screw and clamp for my shift rod? If so, do you know of anything else that I am not seeing?

joe_padavano

It looks like those are the only parts missing. Fortunately, they are the same on every column-shifted AT car also.