Natasha the 68 Dart

after 2 days of fighting the shifter rods......the 3/4 gear one was too long... the swivel needed to be past where the adjustment ended....so i tried a different rod set from an old ITM shifter and it was going to work but those are thinner gauge ....didnt like that but hey, if it works.

well the swivels were frozen on the ITM set and the were not where i needed so after wire brushing, soaking in oil .....getting desperate and heating the swivel slightly......the swivel finally twisted the end of the rod off :banghead::banghead:happened on two of the three dang dang dang.

so at this point im at a loss bcoz i cant imagine why these rods worked on the green car but not here .....something was severly wrong with that 3/4 gear rod.

Finally after re-filling the heater twice and spending hours in the shop wresting with this

DUH DUH this is an OD .....so the 3/4 tab on the trans goes upside down .....i was setting it up like a close ratio 4 speed and its not ...its an OD ......as soon as i got the trans tabs right ....the rods easily adjusted and fell in place LMAO.