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Old 04-22-2007, 08:59 PM
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You may occaaasionally find the rods on Ebay, however I would encourage you to investigate making a better linkage with 3/8" high quality hiem joints and 1/2" mild steel or stainless tubing. Below is a T-10 with the above mentioned linkage, it works very well. This mechanism (w/o rods) was from late 60's Mustang. The vertical "T" lever is about 7-8" long and was sectioned and welded, it was a curved lever previously, the weld is about 3" from the bottom. Reverse lockout cable runs through the center of the vertical shaft. The small lever that was on the reverse fork of the transmission originally would pull backwards (different shift pattern), so I cut the ear of it off and welded it on the bottom so its actuation would coincide with the correct shift pattern. The reverse lever now attaches as you see it instead of being above the pivot point, (if that's confusing PM me and I will attempt to explain better)Actual material is mild steel about 5/8" diameter, easily replicated if facilities are available. I chose to weld existing shaft since it would be hidden under the boot works perfect. Use the best rod ends you can find. The transmission was from a Mustang and originally had the longer tailhousing, I got one from a Falcon and with a few mods it has served me well.

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