Should be simple...right?

[Michael Brisebois]

I bought a console for my 66 Barracuda 4 speed. The upper shifter boot is MIA, so I'll get another, I started wondering about how to install it. It's an Inland shifter (with the reverse lock-out wings) and the boot screws in from inside the console. I've had the shifter apart before and I struggled to thread the cable back through the tiny hole....on a bench. It will be more problematic mounted in the car.
Does anyone have a procedure to share?

 

[Dubob]

Maybe fish weed eat eater line or mechanics wire thru the hole to pull the cable thru? I’m not familiar with your set up but maybe that’ll work for you.

 

[j par]

I bought a console for my 66 Barracuda 4 speed. The upper shifter boot is MIA, so I'll get another, I started wondering about how to install it. It's an Inland shifter (with the reverse lock-out wings) and the boot screws in from inside the console. I've had the shifter apart before and I struggled to thread the cable back through the tiny hole....on a bench. It will be more problematic mounted in the car.
Does anyone have a procedure to share?

Somehow your description isn't seemingly giving me enough information. I always say a picture is worth a thousand words and a few pictures...

 

[Jim Lusk]

It is very difficult on an old cable that is slightly frayed at the end. I have soldered a solid wire to the end, but if it is frayed too much it won't fit through the hole.