Truck help question

[BPTactical]

Damn Neal it has been so long since I have messed with an old Ford I can't place it.

[Great-Kazoo]

post a pic vs guess trouble shooting it. Nothing should be pushing the NSS anywhere. It is stationary on the column. If it moved you'd be starting in any gear.

[SideShow Bob]

You are probably referring to the part that the red arrow is pointing at.

You are screwed, that would be a dealer item, parts for a 1976 ? Good luck.....
And a junk yard part may not be any better than yours........

Sorry,you may have to convert to a floor shift modification.




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[SideShow Bob]

Damn Neal it has been so long since I have messed with an old Ford I can't place it.

Look out in your driveway and try saying that again.............

[BPTactical]

Look out in your driveway and try saying that again.............

Edit: I am a dumb ass. I was thinking Sparkys truck is a 78, I stand corrected it is a 76.

You have my apologies Bob.

[SideShow Bob]

Fords are Fords who cares, the drawing/part should be similar. Still 1978 is stretching it for parts unless there is a rural dealer out in the flatlands that has one under several inches of dust in the back room. And that age for a plastic part from a junk yard would be so brittle it would break trying to remove it.

Edit: try reading the original post again, Sparky says "1976" not 1978.........

[BPTactical]

Fords are Fords who cares, the drawing/part should be similar. Still 1978 is stretching it for parts unless there is a rural dealer out in the flatlands that has one under several inches of dust in the back room. And that age for a plastic part from a junk yard would be so brittle it would break trying to remove it.

Ford changed to a selector shaft mounted NSS in 77.
Makes me wonder if somebody tossed in an earlier column.

[Sparky]

You are probably referring to the part that the red arrow is pointing at.

You are screwed, that would be a dealer item, parts for a 1976 ? Good luck.....
And a junk yard part may not be any better than yours........

Sorry,you may have to convert to a floor shift modification.




Sent from my ass using re-fried beans.

Yeah that looks like it.

[Sparky]

May just have to throw the beast up on craigslist as is.

[BPTactical]

Neal, the part # you are looking for is: D0TZ7B097B - Selector lever.
It is now an obsolete part meaning it is no longer produced. I would check with older Ford dealers such as SillTer Har, Courtesy, Omeara or what used to be Mountain States, they may have one in stock.
About $17.00 if you can find it, it just snaps into the column shift tube and actuates the NSS.
Otherwise it is junkyard scrounging.