Linkage help

[Sean Stacey]

Im Sean from Vacaville, CA and a newbie to this sight. Just recently bought a 74 Dodge Dart with a fresh 360/727 trans. Can not get the tranny to manually lock into first gear from the column as part of the shift linkage that attaches to tranny and drivers side frame hits bell housing and prevents travel all the way forward into first gear. It looks like a simple fix by taking linkage out and doing a little grinding to allow for further forward travel. Has any one else had to make minor modifications and what exactly did you do? Thanks, Sean

 

[mguner]

There are a couple of different bushing plates for the Z-bar and the offset is different between the two. I'm talking about the 90 degree brackets that hold the round bushing and bolt to an ear on the tranny case. You may have one for a different body style on yours. I ran into that on my 68.

 

[Abodybomber]

Welcome...

 

[Sean Stacey]

Thanks guys, it ended up being about a 10 minute fix. Had to grind a little bit of the bracket that's on the rod going from the Z bracket to the transmission. - Sean