Floor shifter conversion

[Redtruck-VA]

I have been wanting to do a floor shifter for a while. Finally decided on the TCI Fast gate. This is a gate shifter and it's appearance IMO fits well with the 3g interior. i was first concerned that the lever travel was such that it wouldn't fit well. But it turns out to fit nicely. The first position is for a four speed trans and is not used and the last position is for a GM trans that has a long throw for it's park, the park position is close but not bad when it is all adjusted. The 3g floor pan has a lip just in front of the seat which make the mounting a little challenging. I made a 1/8" plate and used only the front three mounting holes. Used the spacers to lift it a little and mounted the plate using sheet metal screws.. A 1" hole saw does fine for the cable hole. Underneath is really simple as the OEM brackets are used. The cable bracket requires two large washers and the shift lever just has a hole drilled into it. The bracket takes just a little tweaking to align it dead on. Linkage adjustment only took a couple tries and it was dead on. I got hung up trying to remove the steering column covers, I don't have a long reach allen wrench so off to the store tomorrow. Removing the lever and installing the new covers shouldn't take any effort. I'm going to remount the shifter again with some more spacers to raise it another 1/4", this will allow the cover to fit without trimming it. This will also require longer bolts than what came with the kit.The cover is much better quality then what I have seen with the hurst and B&M shifters. I'm going to like this once I get it installed the way I want it. In the picture you can see the cover is not sitting down like it should.