powerglide swap

[Irishbleueyes]

Originally Posted by WhippinSaw

I used Lokar's Column Shift Linkage ACA-1800, You have to unbolt the shifter on the th350 and this bolts on, The shifter on the power glide does not unbolt from the outside. The 5/16th rod that comes with the kit was 3 inches too short (I needed one 26 " long) and I had to get a longer piece and bend it like the stock one, The indicator is off a little but it works and I am going to adjust it some more during the winter storage. Maybe there is better one out there. I know CPP makes one also.

Thats a lot cleaner set up than stock. Lokar have the longer rod or did you make it?

[WhippinSaw]

Yea it does look good, the stock linkage was almost worn through at the connections and rattled at idle, and needed to be replaced anyway. I wanted it back on the road quickly, so I ran to sears hardware and picked up a 3 foot section of 5/16th round stock steel for 5 bucks and ran a 5/16th-24 die on one end to thread into the heim joint. I acquired a longer piece of round stainless to replace it in the winter. Overall the new linkage works as described. Don't think it will help but I am going to drop lokar an email and let them know about the rod in the kit being too short for our trucks.