72 truck, 85 NP208 TC and shifter dilema - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

*72lb4x4* · 08-28-2009, 02:54 AM

I have a 72 K10 with a 4 speed and NP208 from an 85 truck due to a PO's somewhat less than infinite wisdom. It also has the crappy shifter from the 85.

This piece of junk sort of (in my case) bolts to the floor and has a nasty plastic console thing that lays pathetically over it.

It seems that the TC shifter should/would mount to the TC adapter, but in this case, there are no bolt holes.

I've been eying a few shifters on Dodge 4x4s in it scrap yard, and bought a shifter here for a 205, that I think is actually for a 203, but there's no easy way to mount them.

So after that windy introduction, does anyone have any shifter recommendations? I have searched the internet and checked on 4x4 aftermarket web sites but haven't found anything but twin stick setups, which aren't for a 208.

I'm an orphan. Apuva! (the finns, if any will laugh at that)

msgross · 08-30-2009, 11:03 PM

ttt, anyone have a suggestion?

I don't know 85's so I am of no help... Should be some aftermarket support..

Gene · 08-31-2009, 04:53 PM

Ive got a 208 adapter that came out of an 85 Blazer and it doesnt have any holes other than the ones for the case??

ghettoluxury · 09-07-2009, 11:51 AM

the shifter you have is the only one that will work unless you want to start fabricating

*72lb4x4* · 09-23-2009, 07:59 PM

I sort of lost track of my own post...

I pretty much know I'll need to do some fabricating, but was hoping for suggestions for a shifter to use as a starting point.

Thanks for the replies though.

Curt's_72 · 09-24-2009, 11:48 AM

My truck has this same setup. I like it. It shifts smooth, and looks very stock. The first picture is the way it looked when before I blew it apart to restore it, and the second is how it looks now, showing how the mechanism mounts to the floor. I like this setup. It was installed prior to me buying it, so I had no input. I did some tweaking to the shifter rod to make it smoother, and I still need to locate a plug for the light so it will show up at night.
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08-28-2009, 02:54 AM	#1
72lb4x4 Account Suspended Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: DFW Posts: 1,427	72 truck, 85 NP208 TC and shifter dilema I have a 72 K10 with a 4 speed and NP208 from an 85 truck due to a PO's somewhat less than infinite wisdom. It also has the crappy shifter from the 85. This piece of junk sort of (in my case) bolts to the floor and has a nasty plastic console thing that lays pathetically over it. It seems that the TC shifter should/would mount to the TC adapter, but in this case, there are no bolt holes. I've been eying a few shifters on Dodge 4x4s in it scrap yard, and bought a shifter here for a 205, that I think is actually for a 203, but there's no easy way to mount them. So after that windy introduction, does anyone have any shifter recommendations? I have searched the internet and checked on 4x4 aftermarket web sites but haven't found anything but twin stick setups, which aren't for a 208. I'm an orphan. Apuva! (the finns, if any will laugh at that)

08-30-2009, 11:03 PM	#2
msgross Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Central PA Posts: 12,201	Re: 72 truck, 85 NP208 TC and shifter dilema ttt, anyone have a suggestion? I don't know 85's so I am of no help... Should be some aftermarket support.. __________________ The Garage: 1968 K-10 SWB - "Project Money Pit" 1996 Z-71 - "huntin rig" 1969 C-10 LWB (SOLD) "Project flip that truck or else" 1993 Passport, F@rd 1-ton (SOLD)"Project Cousin Eddie" My Garage Build "The 1,000 footer"

08-31-2009, 04:53 PM	#3
Gene Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Muskogee, Oklahoma Posts: 2,914	Re: 72 truck, 85 NP208 TC and shifter dilema Ive got a 208 adapter that came out of an 85 Blazer and it doesnt have any holes other than the ones for the case??

09-07-2009, 11:51 AM	#4
ghettoluxury Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Waynesfield Ohio Posts: 1,991	Re: 72 truck, 85 NP208 TC and shifter dilema the shifter you have is the only one that will work unless you want to start fabricating __________________ 1949 Five Window, 1973 Step Side, 2000 Z71

09-23-2009, 07:59 PM	#5
72lb4x4 Account Suspended Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: DFW Posts: 1,427	Re: 72 truck, 85 NP208 TC and shifter dilema I sort of lost track of my own post... I pretty much know I'll need to do some fabricating, but was hoping for suggestions for a shifter to use as a starting point. Thanks for the replies though.

09-24-2009, 11:48 AM	#6
Curt's_72 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Peru, Indiana Posts: 203	Re: 72 truck, 85 NP208 TC and shifter dilema My truck has this same setup. I like it. It shifts smooth, and looks very stock. The first picture is the way it looked when before I blew it apart to restore it, and the second is how it looks now, showing how the mechanism mounts to the floor. I like this setup. It was installed prior to me buying it, so I had no input. I did some tweaking to the shifter rod to make it smoother, and I still need to locate a plug for the light so it will show up at night.



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