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66C10LB · 09-06-2016, 11:10 PM

Hi. Does anybody know how to remove this shifter (see image with this thread) in a 1966 C10 Pickup 283 4spd.? I have read some other threads on the topic but haven't managed to remove it yet. (In case you are wondering, I have removed the back up light switch).

franken · 09-06-2016, 11:31 PM

Push down and turn to the left a bit the round sheetmetal thing at the base of the shifter.

Marv D · 09-07-2016, 11:02 AM

A large pair of waterpump pliers works well to open wide and grab just the sheetmetal retainer.
A picture of what it looks like might help,, The retainer looks like this

http://www.bearingkit.com/SM465-Shif...5-b8t7220d.htm

and like Frank said,, push down and COUNTERCLOCKWISE to remove

66C10LB · 09-07-2016, 04:05 PM

Thanks Franken and Marv! I tried again today with success. Thanks again for the advice.
I used a bit of a novel method.....I took two short pieces of oak flooring, bungeed them together, slid them over the shifter so that they rested on top of the sphere....holding onto both extended ends of the oak flooring, I pushed down and twisted, easily removing the shifter.

GSTAuthor · 09-07-2016, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by 66C10LB

Thanks Franken and Marv! I tried again today with success. Thanks again for the advice.
I used a bit of a novel method.....I took two short pieces of oak flooring, bungeed them together, slid them over the shifter so that they rested on top of the sphere....holding onto both extended ends of the oak flooring, I pushed down and twisted, easily removing the shifter.

I promise you that's the first time that's ever been done!

franken · 09-07-2016, 10:01 PM

I had trouble at the scrapyard getting one apart and used random bits of wood to get one to pop--its a pain.

09-06-2016, 11:10 PM	#1
66C10LB Registered User Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: West Kelowna, BC, Canada Posts: 204	Shifter removal, 4 spd. Hi. Does anybody know how to remove this shifter (see image with this thread) in a 1966 C10 Pickup 283 4spd.? I have read some other threads on the topic but haven't managed to remove it yet. (In case you are wondering, I have removed the back up light switch). Attached Images

09-06-2016, 11:31 PM	#2
franken Registered User Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Somewhere Posts: 3,100	Re: Shifter removal, 4 spd. Push down and turn to the left a bit the round sheetmetal thing at the base of the shifter.

09-07-2016, 11:02 AM	#3
Marv D Registered Truck Offender Join Date: May 2008 Location: hells training ground (aka Ariz) Posts: 3,118	Re: Shifter removal, 4 spd. A large pair of waterpump pliers works well to open wide and grab just the sheetmetal retainer. A picture of what it looks like might help,, The retainer looks like this http://www.bearingkit.com/SM465-Shif...5-b8t7220d.htm and like Frank said,, push down and COUNTERCLOCKWISE to remove __________________ Still playin with trucks, even at my age! When you're dead, it's only a problem for the people around you, because you don't know you're dead. .....It's kinda the same when your STUPID. I just did my taxes and reviewed my SS statement. Thanks to the current administration it looks like I will only have to work till noon on the day of my funeral.

09-07-2016, 04:05 PM	#4
66C10LB Registered User Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: West Kelowna, BC, Canada Posts: 204	Re: Shifter removal, 4 spd. Thanks Franken and Marv! I tried again today with success. Thanks again for the advice. I used a bit of a novel method.....I took two short pieces of oak flooring, bungeed them together, slid them over the shifter so that they rested on top of the sphere....holding onto both extended ends of the oak flooring, I pushed down and twisted, easily removing the shifter.

09-07-2016, 10:01 PM	#6
franken Registered User Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Somewhere Posts: 3,100	Re: Shifter removal, 4 spd. I had trouble at the scrapyard getting one apart and used random bits of wood to get one to pop--its a pain.



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