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Instruction # 8000010153 REV 01/13

ididit Column to 350 Trans

Your kit should contain the following parts:

A.) Transmission Lever
B.) Pan Bracket
C.) Spacers
D.) Cotter Pins
E.) Swivels
F.) Shift Cable
G.) Horseshoe Bracket
H.) Two Piece Bracket

A.

H.

E.

C.

D.

B.

G.

2 Transmission pan bolts are required. They will need to be 1/4”

longer than the stock bolts. You will need to purchase these after

determining whether you need Metric or American.

Before installation please read:

You will need at least 2” of clearance between the rewall and
lower shift lever for this product to function correctly.

Melted Cables: If your cable is too close to your exhaust it will melt or

become brittle. If this is the case you will need to make a heat shield. Do
not wrap the cable as this retains heat. Heat will destroy the cable.

Kinked Cables: Do not kink the cable anywhere along its length. If the
cable has a kink it will lock up. The cable should be kept straight for 2”
on each end where it leaves the bracket. Either of the above could damage
the cable, shifter, and/or transmission in one shift.

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1. Remove the 4 screws from the shift lever at the
bottom of the steering column and set the screws
and the lever safely aside.

2. Take the cable bracket and

loosen the nut and bolt so that
the clamp will loosen a little.
Put the clamp on the column
with the small end appx. 5
o’clock looking at the column
from the front of the vehicle.
(Actually, anywhere would work
because the clamp is indexable).
The hole on the small end of the
clamp should face the front of
the vehicle. Do not tighten yet.

3. The gearshift lever will need a hole drilled exactly
2” from the center of the large hole towards the
linkage hole, in the center of the shift lever arm.
The hole should be 5/16” or .312 in diameter, no
larger!

4. If your designer eye tells you that you want to cut

off the access of the shift arm that is ne. Take a

look at the diagram to the right to see how we did
this.

Trim if you want to!

5. The cable is the next

piece that you are looking for. Notice that both
ends are the same. We did that so that you could

be right the rst time. You will need to take

the small nut and the rubber boots off so that
you can get one large nut and washer off. Put
the cable through he bracket from the bottom

side of the bracket and reinstall the large nut,
washer and boots. Try to center the nuts and washers on the available
threads. This is important later.

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6. Push the cable down through its outer cover so that
it will be as short as possible. Put the column in

Park. Now, gure out where you want the bracket to

be, 5 o’clock will probably be a good place. Install
the swivel on the small thread and turn it until it is
centered on the thread. Now, install the small nut
and turn it until it bottoms out on the swivel. Do not
tighten yet.

7. Reinstall the shift lever as close to the swivel as possible. Now you
could turn the bracket or loosen the large nut and adjust so that the
swivel goes into the 5/16” hole that you drilled in the shift arm. Insert
the cotter pin in the swivel, tighten the large nut and bolt on the bracket.
Do not tighten so much that it squeezes the delrin bushing in the bottom
of the column. This could make it hard to shift. Remember, the cable
has to be pushed down completely.

8. Route the cable towards the rear of the vehicle and then turn it in a
nice U shape. Stay away
from exhaust pipes. If this
cable gets too close, it will
melt and not work at all.
This is very important.

9. Looking at the side of the
transmission, remove the
stock shift lever and the
two pan bolts marked
with X’s. Save the nut
and washer from the
shift lever and the two
pan bolts.

10. The two transmission pan bolts could be either Metric or American

threads. You will need to purchase two bolts 1/4” longer than the two

that you removed. Spacers need to be placed between the bracket and
the transmission pan with the two longer bolts holding it all together in
the holes of the bracket as shown.

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11. Install the transmission shift lever so that the squared end is closest to
the front of the vehicle. Add the washer and the nut to hold it in place.

12. Take the small nut, two
rubber boots, and one
large nut and washer off
the transmission end of
the cable. Insert the cable
into the bracket. Reinstall
the large washer, nut and
two boots. Rotate the shift
lever clockwise to the park
position. Now you are going to put the swivel onto the threaded end
of the cable and turn it until it lines up with the middle hole of the shift
lever. Install the cotter pin. If it needs more travel, loosen the large
nuts and washers and move the cable forward or backward to gain
more travel. Then retighten the large nuts and washers. Install the
small nut and tighten.

13. Try to shift the column. You may experience a

tight pattern, if so slightly loose the bracket around
the column. This should allow the column to move
easier. If not check that the cable is in alignment from
the bracket to the lever.

Cable Adjustment: If you do not adjust the cable correctly you could

damage the cable, shifter and/or transmission. Put the trans in Low gear
and the shifter in Low gear, set the swivel so it slides in and out of the
correct hole freely. Then move the transmission and shifter to Park (all the
way the other way). Rotate the cable swivel until it slips in and out of the

hole freely. Now go back and forth between Park and Low gear and ne

tune the adjustment. See instructions for further detail.

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