[Excaliber]

Sheesh a top loader is no gaurentee it won't happen with the linkage as well. I've been there with sloppy linkage, about to panic, WTF?, struggling to get home. Linkage was loose, no big deal. Well THATS easy to say AFTER you get home!! The Steeda uses a bolt that screws into the shift linkage AND a nut on the other side of that to lock the bolt in place. It would be pretty hard for that setup to ever come loose.

Good pic of your trans tunnel by the way, clearly it sets up much higher on the later ERA's than on the early ones? Or, your trans is sitting lower in the frame than mine is? My new TKO is same height, based on drive shaft angle and engine air cleaner clearance, as the top loader was before. But the TKO shifter sits well above the trans tunnel. I figure I will add a piece of plywood the full length of the top, round the edges off, screw it in place, cut a hole out for the shifter, add some new carpet to the whole affair. I need to re-carpet anyway...

By the way, there is a piece of rubber between the shifter lever and the TKO shifter linkage, you know, where the shifter bolts on. The Steeda install paper work said to leave that in, it helps isolate vibrations from the trans up through the shifter handle. Went for a LONG drive today, man I'm really loving this new 5 speed!