Need to convert steering column

[N2BUICK]

Needing to convert steering column from column shift to floor shift. Has anyone ever done this?
I know you would need the proper "bowl", what else.
Thanks

 

[NY Twin Turbo]

Needing to convert steering column from column shift to floor shift. Has anyone ever done this?
I know you would need the proper "bowl", what else.
Thanks

The best way to do it is to get everything you need from a console shift car. Everything.

I did not. I bought an aftermarket shifter and disconnected and removed the trans linkage to the column to stop it from rotating. When you do this your reverse lights, P/N safety switch, and your ignition key lock-in feature are lost. Maybe a few other things I'm too tired to think of right now. But I remember cutting and splicing-in extra length of wire from the harness connection plug under the column to the supplied switches that came with my new shifter.

 

[earlbrown]

^that also gets rid of your backup plan to get home when you break a shift cable.


Years ago I was going to design a kit that used a lightweight cable to move that and get rid of all that steel. I changed my mind when I realized it might let Murphy brake my shifter cable for me.

 

[Nick Micale]

Easy way is replace the column wiih a floor shift column, and I may have a spare one.

 

[N2BUICK]

Sounds like replacing the column is the route to go. I do have a column but its blue and need to paint gray. Just looking for way not to use it.
Thanks

 

[earlbrown]

Painting the one you have is the best way to go about it.

 

[NY Twin Turbo]

Painting the one you have is the best way to go about it.

Yes. Paint it.

Above, when I said get everything from a floor shift car, I wasn't implying you have to change the column. I didn't want my column to rotate because I'm using my old shift handle hole to mount a warning light. But in order for it to be a simple install, especially when it comes to the wiring, the column needs to rotate when you shift the console shifter just like it does in a stock console car. Of course, your still going to have a hole where your column shift handle was. But you could ignore it or do something with it like I did.

Or go aftermarket. And do the electrical work.

 

[grass doctor]

he is the bob ross of the turbo community , seriously
happy tress !!!

 

[grass doctor]

im still trying to get a paint sample

 

[NY Twin Turbo]