Column shift lever slop

[Oilslickwillie]

Here is a photo of my shifter on my 55 Ford. Do not see a detent plate as shown in your photos.

 

[Hot Rod Reverend]

Holy cow, you have a standard transmission shifter in there, not an automatic shifter. No wonder you are having trouble! I guess whoever did the work before you bought the car left you hanging in that regard.

With your setup the only thing keeping your transmission from changing gears is the friction among your lever at shifter end, transmission shift Rod, and your arm off the transmission itself.

I highly suggest you find a 55 Ford automatic column.

 

[Oilslickwillie]

That may be hard to find.

 

[Hot Rod Reverend]

Put a want ad here in the forum...and over on yblocksforever.com

 

[Oilslickwillie]

Could not find a column so instead installed a Lokar floor shifter which works and looks good with the chrome ring and black shifter boot. I have installed these before so was not too bad or hardto do. I removed the column shift lever anditlooks good.

 

[Hot Rod Reverend]

Glad to hear things are working out!

 

[Oilslickwillie]

Thanks. Taking a little at a time. Mounted brake booster yesterday. Today, if my back holds out, going to tackle dome lights not working. Hopefully it's just a blown fuse on light switch. After that, replacing upper control arms, shot bushings.