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BowTieMan · 10-23-2005, 06:37 PM

Check out what I found at a swap meet by my house today. It's a b&m ratchet shifter. I got it for 20 bucks and it goes through all the gears and everything fine. Can anybody help me with some of the parts its missing? I know it need a indicator but what about the back up lights and all that?

**RPOZ11** · 10-23-2005, 06:41 PM

I wouldn't be surprised if the small parts, etc were still available from B&M!
Nice grab!

**Chevy4Life** · 10-23-2005, 06:44 PM

aaah, a B&M Star shifter. I have many fond memories of my 68 chevelle with the star shifter. Nice find!

matthufham · 10-23-2005, 07:04 PM

i need a backup light switch, and so do you. summit sells some from b&m that you can wire up, but the shifter should have one that belongs on the side of the shifter.

wow i can't believe it but both these links were in my favorties.

http://store.summitracing.com/defaul...9&autoview=sku
that's the neutral safety switch from summit

http://www.bmracing.com/media/products/pdf/10.pdf
this is a pdf installation and manual for a light truck mega shifter. it looks like your shifter is a car version (shorter base) but i think it's all the same.

BowTieMan · 10-23-2005, 07:45 PM

I have that back up light switch dont I? Its that little black thing toward the front. The thing is I dont have the indicator. So I may just wire up a swtich that that I can turn on my back up lights manualy if I ever need them. My lights only work half the time anyways as it is.

**N2TRUX** · 10-23-2005, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by BowTieMan

I have that back up light switch dont I?......

Unless this is a nuetral safety switch, it is your reverse light switch.....

BowTieMan · 10-23-2005, 08:21 PM

I think thats my back up light switch and the neutral safety switch mounts lower on the bottom near the lincage.

QKENUF4U · 10-23-2005, 08:43 PM

DAMMIT !!! where is this swap meet you guys ??????? i just had a customer stop by and pick up his 4-wheeler and he had just been there himself. picked up a nice set of buckets (20$) and a steering wheel (new style like i just bought for 40$

for 5$ ) and now you find this gem.
i think B&M can help you out with those parts ya need.

BowTieMan · 10-23-2005, 08:49 PM

It was at GCC (glendale comunity college) on 59th and Olive. I am going to find out when it comes along again and I will PM ya...after I check out what people are selling first lol

10-23-2005, 06:37 PM	#1
BowTieMan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Glendale Arizona Posts: 747	Swap Meet find Check out what I found at a swap meet by my house today. It's a b&m ratchet shifter. I got it for 20 bucks and it goes through all the gears and everything fine. Can anybody help me with some of the parts its missing? I know it need a indicator but what about the back up lights and all that? Attached Images __________________ "A true hotrodder wouldn't be content untill he had created a car so violent, so hairy, so totally sick that the very act of dropping the hammer would result in instant death. Anything less results in the need to go faster." - Tony DeFeo

10-23-2005, 06:41 PM	#2
RPOZ11 72 BB C30 Super LongHorn Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Chavez Ravine Posts: 1,606	Re: Swap Meet find I wouldn't be surprised if the small parts, etc were still available from B&M! Nice grab! __________________ 72 BB C/30 Longhorn Super HO72 No-Spin, #'s matching, Tilt, Tach, AC, AM/FM HO72 build : http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=714492 2017 SS

10-23-2005, 06:44 PM	#3
Chevy4Life Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 750	Re: Swap Meet find aaah, a B&M Star shifter. I have many fond memories of my 68 chevelle with the star shifter. Nice find!

10-23-2005, 07:04 PM	#4
matthufham Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Carl Junction, Missouri Posts: 2,061	Re: Swap Meet find i need a backup light switch, and so do you. summit sells some from b&m that you can wire up, but the shifter should have one that belongs on the side of the shifter. wow i can't believe it but both these links were in my favorties. http://store.summitracing.com/defaul...9&autoview=sku that's the neutral safety switch from summit http://www.bmracing.com/media/products/pdf/10.pdf this is a pdf installation and manual for a light truck mega shifter. it looks like your shifter is a car version (shorter base) but i think it's all the same. Last edited by matthufham; 10-23-2005 at 07:05 PM.

10-23-2005, 07:45 PM	#5
BowTieMan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Glendale Arizona Posts: 747	Re: Swap Meet find I have that back up light switch dont I? Its that little black thing toward the front. The thing is I dont have the indicator. So I may just wire up a swtich that that I can turn on my back up lights manualy if I ever need them. My lights only work half the time anyways as it is. __________________ "A true hotrodder wouldn't be content untill he had created a car so violent, so hairy, so totally sick that the very act of dropping the hammer would result in instant death. Anything less results in the need to go faster." - Tony DeFeo

10-23-2005, 08:21 PM	#7
BowTieMan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Glendale Arizona Posts: 747	Re: Swap Meet find I think thats my back up light switch and the neutral safety switch mounts lower on the bottom near the lincage. __________________ "A true hotrodder wouldn't be content untill he had created a car so violent, so hairy, so totally sick that the very act of dropping the hammer would result in instant death. Anything less results in the need to go faster." - Tony DeFeo

10-23-2005, 08:43 PM	#8
QKENUF4U Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: SUNNY WARM BIKE RIDING COTTONWOOD ARIZONA Posts: 2,097	Re: Swap Meet find DAMMIT !!! where is this swap meet you guys ??????? i just had a customer stop by and pick up his 4-wheeler and he had just been there himself. picked up a nice set of buckets (20$) and a steering wheel (new style like i just bought for 40$ for 5$ ) and now you find this gem. i think B&M can help you out with those parts ya need.

10-23-2005, 08:49 PM	#9
BowTieMan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Glendale Arizona Posts: 747	Re: Swap Meet find It was at GCC (glendale comunity college) on 59th and Olive. I am going to find out when it comes along again and I will PM ya...after I check out what people are selling first lol __________________ "A true hotrodder wouldn't be content untill he had created a car so violent, so hairy, so totally sick that the very act of dropping the hammer would result in instant death. Anything less results in the need to go faster." - Tony DeFeo



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