: Hey I am just wonderin how easily coudl it be
: to rebuild a 3 on the tree on a 78 Dodge
: D-100 that I have cause I am having trouble
: with the 1st-reverse selector

: As of a couple of years ago the parts were
: still available at the dealer! I just
: rebuilt a 69 dart and the parts were nls.
: The truck maybe still available if your real
: lucky.
:
: In my 72 d 100 I put in a new spacer and a
: bottom shift lever. You have to totally
: dismantle the column to change these parts.
:
: The bottom lever takes most of the wear with
: the spacer pushing down on it( the spacer
: wears too). These parts should fix your
: problem. There is also a piece below the
: bottom lever that holds all the pieces in
: place it may be worn too. The dart was
: worn... the truck wasn't?
:
: For the dart I had a local machine shop make a
: spacer out of a piece of pipe .... weld up
: and remachine the lever. Cost was $40. The
: parts if you could buy them new( the d 100)
: were half that.
:
: It is not hard to do If you can get the parts.
: Clean all the grease out of the column+
: shifter parts and put fresh lithium grese in
: there Goes a long way towards getting it
: shift right!
:
: Try and find a dealer that will look up the
: parts for you and give it a go with new
: stuff. If it is nls.. do what I did and
: repair the bottom lever and a new spacer.You
: may also want to look at that piece below
: the bottom lever if it is worn macine it
: flat and elongate the holes in the column to
: position it up against the lever.
:
: Your goal is to get the levers to stay parallel
: with one another. When they spread apart
: that is when it binds up.
:
: It is not all that hard to get apart and is
: simlple to see how it works once you get
: into it!
:
: If you get real desperate I may part with the
: column out of the 72 as I plan to put a 4
: spd in it......email
: <A HREF="mailto:is..sandy.colter@ns.sympatico.ca">is..sandy.colter@ns.sympatico.ca</A>
:
: Regards
:
: Sandy in Nova Scotia
:
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: 72 d-100 swb adventurer
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: K thanks for the help but a lil late I just
: bought a floor shifter conversion kit for to
: fix it and it only cost like 65 USD so
: hopefuly no more worries for a long long
: time after I get it in