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I have a 56 chev auto (350 turbo) It has a BM quik shifter in it. Great for going in a straight line. I would like to replace it with something more user friendly. Is there something from a wrecker that would work or should i be looking at Lokar or Hurst? Please advise
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are you going to put any kind of console in it? would almost have to. what about a neon or saturn. I put one in my chevelle from a 98 camaro they work nice but needed a console
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I have a 7oor4 in my 55 and I'm going to run this Lokar Shifter. Probably the best one I've found. I'm getting mine tall (22") but they make a smaller and a taller one. It's push button on the top. A little pricey though at $270
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No Console in mine Im putting a bench seat in it as I have two kids so i need a lower profile otherwise Id do what you are doing. Nice unit
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I've been looking into the Gennie shifters for the '52 /4L60. I found them at hotrodexpress.com for 200 bucks. I like the way they select the gears better than the push botton Lokar.
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I have a locar and im not very happy with it. The button sticks at times and you have to push it between odd gears.
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Thats too bad. My friend has it and has never had one problem with it. Sounds like you bought a lemon.
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I had a Lokar in my '62, so maybe it was the 500+hp, but that push button would rattle like crazy going down the road, which drove me crazy. Had to drive around holding the shifter with my thumb on the button just so it wouldn't rattle. Went with a Gennie in the '48...I really like the way it gates through the gears much like a column shifter and NO button.
Anyway, just something to consider. Although it sounds like with the need to haul 2 kids around converting to a column shifter would be the way to go though... |
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My build thread shows what I did. column shift with 350TH. I used a B&M cable and lower brackets and fabbed one for the firewall. Make sure the level pivot dim is the same on the trans and column. Before I had a floor shifter but it got old having the kids in the middle of the seat kicking it out of gear and fighting their feet.
here is link to mine http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...&postcount=134 |
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I've got the lokar in mine and it works great. I'm running a bench seat and am changing the shifter to a double bend one so it gives the middle person a bit more room.
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My 53 has a 700R4
It also has a tilt column out of some sortof GM car or pikup maybe the 86 Blazer that donated the chasis all the origional linkage is hooked up and it works perfectly so why not go with a shift column ? Gene Sharp :chevy: |
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I'm trying to think since I haven't driven my truck for 4 plus months.
Should have to push button to get out of neutral going from neutral to reverse maybe OD to 3rd. Hmmm time to go out to the garage.... Which knob did you have that was giving you trouble? I know my 8 ball had a bit of stickyness to it but I really found once it was adjusted and set up it worked great on my 700R. |
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