mach1mike

greetings everyone, have a question regarding the switch assembly in a 302 w/C-4 shifter housing, am helping a buddy install a painless wiring harness in his 69 coupe, have the factory floor shifter for the C-4 and appears to only have the wiring for the shifter backlighting, does not have the plastic assembly that incorporates the neutral safety/back-up light switch like the one in my 69 mach w/FMX, is there a difference between the two, does the C-4 set-up have a trans mounted switch?

mine is a Dearborn all teak 69 m code mach

5th digit of the VIN # is the engine code, providing the shock towers haven't been altered or replaced the vin # should be stamped on both sides passenger and driver's side upper/outer lip of the shock tower and yes you will have to remove the fenders to see them, that number should match the vin plate on the dash, the guy probably won't let you remove the fender to see it so buyer beware, also the driver door tag should match the dash and shock tower number but would not be surprised if it doesn't, doors rust out, get damaged/replaced so sometimes the original door tag is there, sometimes not. The door tag if original to the car will also provide all the other options, trim, rearend, convert/sportsroof/coupe etc. etc. hope this helps

called NPD yesterday, they show them in their catalog but they are NOS and discontinued, managed to order one from mustangs unlimited, they had only one luckily, was going to order two just for an extra but had only one, the rest were on back order so they must be able to get them from somewhere but I evidently got the last one, wouldn't think this part would be so hard to come by, but they are, thankyou again for the pictures, they were a great help

yep, that looks like what I am lacking, thank you for the pictures, helps a lot, looked at your build, nice looking car, how is the assembly going?

yep, that looks like what I am lacking, thank you for the pictures, helps a lot, looked at your build, nice looking car, how is the assembly going?

a picture would be great to know for sure, I 'm reasonably certain there is a bushing missing from my "junkyard find " shifter which is out of a 69or70 cougar, played heck trying to find the special linkage stud attach hardware as well, had to buy a used one as I can't find them in any part catalogs, got it from west coast classic cougars but it didn't come with the larger shifter arm insulator bushing, thankyou for the reply

a picture would be great to know for sure, I 'm reasonably certain there is a bushing missing from my "junkyard find " shifter which is out of a 69or70 cougar, played heck trying to find the special linkage stud attach hardware as well, had to buy a used one as I can't find them in any part catalogs, got it from west coast classic cougars but it didn't come with the larger shifter arm insulator bushing, thankyou for the reply

am in need of an OEM/NOS 351 restorable aircleaner for a 351M code

am in need of an OEM/NOS 351 restorable aircleaner for a 351M code

thanks for the reply Bob, I think after further investigation what I have is a 70 shifter, my blue books and assembly manuals don't show the part I'm looking for because they only illustrate a set-up for a 69 but found it in an NPD catalog in a part diagram for a 70. I'm lacking the shifter arm insulator bushing but think I can make it work correctly after I order the insulator bushing

thanks for the reply Bob, I think after further investigation what I have is a 70 shifter, my blue books and assembly manuals don't show the part I'm looking for because they only illustrate a set-up for a 69 but found it in an NPD catalog in a part diagram for a 70. I'm lacking the shifter arm insulator bushing but think I can make it work correctly after I order the insulator bushing

loosen the front eye bolts with the car on the ground and retighten with the full weight of the car sitting on the ground, sounds like the bushings are bound up

loosen the front eye bolts with the car on the ground and retighten with the full weight of the car sitting on the ground, sounds like the bushings are bound up

Greetings all, am having trouble getting the correct parts figured out, am going bone stock with a 351-4V/FMX, I have a stock floor mounted shifter out of a 69 Cougar as I was missing all my original drivetrain. The problem I'm having is the shift linkage hardware. can't seem to find the right stuff, the floor shifter arm has what looks like is about a 1" diameter hole where the shift linkage/lockout rod attaches, the special attach stud has about a 5/16" diameter stud that attaches there with a 3/8" or so plastic bushing, is there about a 1" plastic bushing that is supposed to go there, my assembly manuals/books don't show this part breakdown or do I simply have the wrong shifter/arm are the ones on a mustang smaller? thanks for the help, Happy Turkey day