Help with sloppy column shifter...

[bs46488]

Hello,

I'm resurrecting a project truck from the PO.

Last month I got the truck back into running condition after many years with a BBC and a TH400 trans.

I hooked the trans up to the factory column shifter and it is really sloppy.

I searched and read a few threads and checked all the areas they were suggesting (bushings @ trans, bushing @ end of column, loose/adjust linkage, worn indents on column end) and everything is rock solid there.

Here is where I found all the movement in the shifter. I can wiggle the sifter back and forth and watch that section (with the red arrow) move on the column. It does not move one little bit on the other end of the column or at the trans connection.

(For those of you wondering, yes my seat is an upside down milk create)