How hard or easy is it to remove a shifter?

I tried to doing a search, but was unsuccessful. My shifter needs a good powder coating.

Remove shifter knob. Remove 4 screws holding chrome ring around boot and remove boot and ring. Remove 4 screws holding in shifter and note how they come out. Lift out shifter..

Mike is correct about 3 screws holding the retaining plate. Watching tv and typing and I never can hit the correct number keys....

Isn't one of the bolts longer then the rest?


Dwight

They're all the same length, but you have to be careful not to loose the small tensioning springs that are under each bolt. Also as you raise the shifter out, do it slowly as there is a spring loaded brass plunger that presses against the side of the shifter to prevent the shaft from rattling. Once the shifter is removed, pull the plunger and spring out and store in a safe place where they won't get misplaced. RAY

One of the SCREWS holding the chrome ring is shorter than the other three. I think that it goes in the front hole.

More important than ANYTHING else is to NOT DRP any of this stuff down into the cross member. If you do you will turn a fifteen minute job into a greasy hour long, f you ar lucky, ordeal.

Jack

Related question: Is the shift lever from a 3 synch (either the crooked non-OD or the straight OD lever) and a 4 synch transmission interchangeable? I believe each has a separate thread and pitch, which impacts the type of shift knob that may be used.

I think the distance between the large and small ball is different
see picture some here posted a while ago