Now, a question for you, oh Enlightened One...
Have you already swapped out all three sections of the housing?
On the third (rearmost) section with the gear select lever, you
tapped out a roll pin and removed the lever. Under that lever was
a set screw holding the housing in place on the tube that has the
shift linkage attached at the bottom. Right so far??
When you replaced the third section with the one from the truck
(smooth, with no shift lever), what did you do about the set screw?
What holds the housing in place? There wouldn't be a hole in its
side to access the set screw (where the shift lever would normally
go). Does the truck rearmost housing have the spring-loaded "remove
key from ignition" feature?
We recently did this same swap on my son's Dart Sport column shift
automatic and installed the housing components from a floor shift column
from a Duster. The third section of the housing has a tension spring inside
and the whole section pivots approximately 10 degrees clockwise to allow
you to remove the ignition key. Is the truck housing different?
Just curious,
Jerry