Ford Column Shifter Broken 

You are a good teacher by doing this the way you are.

Big thumbs up. I have a different vehicle, but got a great education from this. Without it, I would have been tempted to try steering column work with it installed in the car. Once gain, you guys have saved us amateurs from busted knuckles, wasted time, broken parts, and a few naughty words. From this video, it's easy to see why pre-1960 cars and trucks had the shifter column and turn signal wiring separate from the steering column. Must've been some mechanics who groaned when the manufacturers began putting everything in a single tube.

Thank you so much for making this video! You guys are awesome!

Thanks a ton for this video (and the turn signal switch one, related). It was absolutely critical in helping me tear down and reassemble a column in only 26 tries. 😆Joined your Patreon as thanks. Your vids are just the right level of info for hobbyist auto repair guys like me. Really appreciate it.

Yep, the 3 speed on the column is just as big a pain in the butt and I still have to go back into mine again. Thanks for the video, I feel your pain 😆

I've done several of these myself on my '68 Torino/Ranchero/Fairlane columns and I just wanted to comment on the carriage bolts that Cam points out at 13:12 that hold the collar to the column. I've encountered quite regularly that the openings that the carriage bolts are supposed to catch on have been damaged by someone over-tightening those carriage bolts, to the point that the carriage bolts won't catch the opening like Cam describes they should. These seem to be a common weak point and are definitely a spot worth inspecting before you try to put everything back together. Otherwise you get to feed those wires back through and start that whole process over again.

You know that your shifters etc... are no the wrong side of the car for us in Australia, but youve been a great help and enjoy your content Mate. I did this on an Auto over here solo and you need a second set of hands :) It had the past life over-tightening issues. Imagine you all in the US if you had a steering box on the exhaust side for a six and all the linkages had to come up and over the gearbox to the other side! The US has it easy :)

My 63 wagon has the same setup for column shift auto. I actually used the upper collar from a comet to get an indicator light behind the shift plate and a shrouded shifter indicator plate from a galaxie. Just to be different. Even the steering wheels up into the 70’s trucks are the same for the early falcon. It’s a tedious job but makes a big difference inside the cab.

Thank you !

Good job on the apprentice marks. Nothing like painting a part then assembly screws it.

The part that attaches to the shifter linkage that goes to the transmission I have a 64 falcon that needs one it's broken do you know where I could get one

worked at a golf cart factory once put together hundreds of steering columns they fabbed up a special vice jig incorporated into a workbench station it was like having 4 hands

ok so how do you change out the wiring harness that is down below ,, how to get that apart to out ne wires in the plastic harness to hook all them wires back up that are underneath the dash !

Iv got a 78 shifter is locked up not sure what's wrong haven't torn into it so hopefully I can get some answers for the mystery with these videos

Would this process be the same for a 3 on the tree?

Excelente necesitaríamos traducirlo al español

On these, where is the light for the gear indicator located? I didn't see it. I'm not so much familiar with the falcon or truck columns. But recently had to find the correct turn signal switch for my '64 galaxie which I never did. The biggest problem were all the ones i ordered ended up being floor shift models and the horn button i believe it was, is where the light is for the indicator on a column shift so wouldn't work. I have swingaway column but a standard column shift switch is the same except the length of the wire. In end i looked at pictures and said i'll get that one. We had to trace which wire went where and the clocking was off a little for the canceling but i got working turn signals which is the main goal. Most of the time talking to parts people is the book says a stationary column switch does not work in swingaway. Several years ago i had a used one and put it in there trying to figure out a tail light issue. Worked fine with just extending the wires. TS wasn't the issue so put my original one back in and sold the other...dummy me!

I am working on a 1978-79 F100 Automatic column and find it to be much the same, but different in important ways. The column I am rebuilding has been apart before, so I am not quite sure what pieces are missing, or have been interchanged for something else. The shift lever "detent" pin has only the outer spring and no cap at the top like the one in your video. There is significant wear on both the upper [turn signal housing] and lower flange [shifter housing] where they meet. Should there be a nylon thrust, wave washer be there between the two mating surfaces? I did a 1966 Galaxie that had never been apart before and there was a 1 5/8 inch nylon wave washer there between the two surfaces. I have seen such a nylon washer in use in the 1970's Mustang/Cougar tilt columns and they are impossible to find with out a OEM part number. Any help that anyone can offer would be sincerely appreciated. Will

curious is to how hard it is to replace the shifter while the column is still in the vehicle..

Do you think this would fit on a 1971 maverick im in the need for one

Your videos are awesome, thanks so much. Just started a 79 Bronco “COMPLETE” restoration and will need to rebuild entire steering column. (Automatic) have you made a video for that gen. truck?

What models and years fit a 69 f250 c6 auto? sounds like ford used the same column on a lot of vehicles.

Speaking of columns, would y'all have a video on installing a new top steering column bearing in a 1973 Mach 1? :D

Can this repair be done without taking out the column and will those parts repair a sloppy shift selector when I put my truck in any gear it doesn’t give me strong feedback to confirm I’m in the correct gear

Hi guys, can you please do a rebuild of a 67 econoline van falcon series, colomn and shifter ? Thanks in advance!!

Yep...I have had viewers complain about multipart vids. One even publicly declared he was unsubscribing because I could not do an entire restoration in just a couple vids. The the bain of all those TV restoration shows where an entire house or car is restored in a 20 minute episode. Oh...and the bench? We built it so the top could be replaced....so you have my permission to hurt my feelings.

That little spring is broke on my 1979 f100. Unfortunately I can't find a source for it.

It's a lot easier to leave the column in the truck when you do that. Should not take more than hour to an hour and a half. Three speeds were the worst especially when the reinforcement piece on the shift tube broke, very seldom took in shop to fix, usually fixed them where they broke field, side of the road parking lot, wherever it broke.

I wonder what happened to Mustang Central in Byron and the guy who ran it? I remember he was a T5 guru.

K well the music has run me off 😂

Wonder how they assembled this in the factory back then

Next week we do a tilt-column

It's to bad I don't have help 😂

Don't hit his finger he'll be pissed 😂

Unless I bring in my multi personally 😂

Where's the 3 person to help 😂

Are the coller the same from standard to automatic I've asked a lot of questions and you never give me any reply 😂

Jeff Screw that guy that's wants it all at once, I would have told him to slice the videos together...I like small sections at a time....

What would be a good trick would have can you make a 3 speed standard column into a automatic 😂

Clean yours hands constantly

You must be slow it doesn't take a hour to pull steering column 😂

You could have skipped the painting 😂 that's for idiots 😅

Who cares about the color right now 😂

Get to the point 😂