TKX shifter location

[CSX2345]

Maybe this helps.

Cheers

[CSX2345]

Looking at the picture again, I believe they misplaced the two lower images, the Ford unit should be on the left.

[patrickt]

That's pretty helpful, not just for this thread but for others deciding on their trans. and where it will land. I will note that a lot of us use a GM TKO in our FEs and just use a 26 spline driven disk.

[patrickt]

That's pretty helpful, not just for this thread but for others deciding on their trans. and where it will land. I will note that a lot of us use a GM TKO in our FEs and just use a 26 spline driven disk.

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[eschaider]

Duplicate post for all the same reasons Patrick already tagged.

[PDUB]

...this is a pic of an original, unrestored 427 Cobra toploader posted by Dan "the Man" Case on another forum. As you all know, his knowledge runs deep! Hope you don't mind me bringing it over here, Dan! Notice that there are two sets of shifter mounting bosses on this tail housing, which could locate the shifter in the two different positions for other Ford vehicles. Some toploaders came with the two sets of mounting bosses and some came with only one or the other. Complicating this is the fact that there are other tail housings with other mounting positions.

From your other thread, it looks like your original toploader transmission has the correct location for the 427 car, which seems like the toploader for the mid-sized Ford cars, like the Fairlane. The 289 car needs the longer Galaxie/Torino full-sized toploader tail housing for correct shifter location. Unfortunately, that might mean that your original tunnel hole is too far back...

Perhaps Dan will chime in here and help to clarify the situation.

[xb-60]

Paul,
The hole that I cut in the tunnel some time ago was in the position specified in the assembly manual supplied with my 'kit'. Sitting in the car, that location appeared to be the correct location for a 289 car's gearshift.
Brett's car has the gearshift hole in the same location as my gearshift hole (as specified in the assembly manual) and he uses the middle location of the three available. As far as the Toploader goes, that part of the story is now (unfortunately) history.
So, the story may, in time, unravel further. If so, I will definitely post it here.

All comments appreciated, and if there's a lightbulb moment that explains it for you (or for me), please post it here...

Cheers!
Glen