Where to find auto-column shift levers

[19GM71]

I just restored a van tilt column, a 68 truck steering wheel and installed them in my truck. I bought a tilt lever and turn signal lever kit from Speedway to dress it up a bit. The shift lever was in bad shape, so I painted it silver for now. I am having one heck of a time finding a shift lever that is similar to these. So I thought I would reach out to you all for some help. Where can I find these shift levers?

[davischevy]

H&H Classic at Bentonville, AR has them in their catalogue.

[ETsC10]

We have many great board vendors that carry both the levers and the knobs.

[19GM71]

Thank you for the information. I am still learning to navigate the board, so I will be checking out our board vendors.

[jmking9]

You have yourself one sharp looking truck there!

[19GM71]

Originally Posted by jmking9

You have yourself one sharp looking truck there!

Thank you very much! I appreciate the compliment.

[davepl]

If you find a link to a vendor, please let me know. The repops from LMC and so on have a really ugly knob with casting flash, besides being a completely different style as well.

[19GM71]

Originally Posted by davepl

If you find a link to a vendor, please let me know. The repops from LMC and so on have a really ugly knob with casting flash, besides being a completely different style as well.

If I can figure out how to navigate the vendors section I will let you know. I am new here so I haven't learned all the ways around the board yet. If anyone can guide me I would appreciate it. Thanks

[AirSpeed]

I made my own, cast it out of scrap aluminum. The original stuck out too far when I replaced my steering wheel. I also cast a shift know for my transfer case.

[davischevy]

Give us details about casting. How you did it.

[AirSpeed]

First you need to build one of these, a foundry, I built mine out of a propane bottle lined with a home made refractory, made out of clay, sand and styrofoam balls, gets mixed up then I poured it into a form inside the propane bottle, once it drys I fired it melting all the styrofoam leaving thousands of tiny insulating pores. Made the burner out of pipe that fits in a tube to mix air/fuel, I used a mig tip as the jet.
It heats up to about 2000 f, the refractory glows bright. I use a small propane bottle as a crucible for melting aluminum. I then cut the shape I want to cast out of styrofoam, stick foam sprues to the patter, bury it in sand then pour the molten aluminum into the sprues, the foam pattern melts and is replaced with aluminum. Let it cool, sand it and it's done.



This was one of my earliest attempts to cast aluminum, I'm getting into pattern casting now which is more precise. I've made a bunch of stuff casting aluminum including these cam clamps for my my bike

And this light. It's a lot of fun.

[davischevy]

Originally Posted by AirSpeed

First you need to build one of these, a foundry, I built mine out of a propane bottle lined with a home made refractory, made out of clay, sand and styrofoam balls, gets mixed up then I poured it into a form inside the propane bottle, once it drys I fired it melting all the styrofoam leaving thousands of tiny insulating pores. Made the burner out of pipe that fits in a tube to mix air/fuel, I used a mig tip as the jet.
It heats up to about 2000 f, the refractory glows bright. I use a small propane bottle as a crucible for melting aluminum. I then cut the shape I want to cast out of styrofoam, stick foam sprues to the patter, bury it in sand then pour the molten aluminum into the sprues, the foam pattern melts and is replaced with aluminum. Let it cool, sand it and it's done.



This was one of my earliest attempts to cast aluminum, I'm getting into pattern casting now which is more precise. I've made a bunch of stuff casting aluminum including these cam clamps for my my bike

And this light. It's a lot of fun.

Looks like we, very effectively, highjacked a thread.
Thanks, Your very industrious, keep up the good work. Are you in the foundry or mold industry? Harrison, where I live, has several foundries and mold shops for both plastic and aluminum.

[AirSpeed]

No, not in the foundry industry, I just like making my own stuff, I'm set up to anodize and am now setting up a chrome plating system. Monday I get my new CNC! This stuff is really easy to do, I was surprised how much serious money I've saved since learning how to cast aluminum. Thanks.