Shifter Handle keeps hitting the dash!!! YOU?

[mikes68charger]

I'm almost finish putting my car to getter and just installed the dash pads, My shifter handle hits in R, 1, 4 what should I do? This is a really nice Hurst center counsel shifter I paid 250 for the the hole set up. I was thinking of flipping it around but It has a 2 inch offset to make if for the center counsel and turning around would bring it to close to me. What shifter do you use? I do like that it say Hurst on it.

[rt green]

have you aligned the throws yet?

[Chryco Psycho]

did you center the levers in the shifter underneath the car , even if you have you can adjust the rods slightly shorter pull the stick rearward  , shorter shift levers on the side of the tranny will help too

[Rolling_Thunder]

ummmm   how does the shifter hit the dash in 4th ?    i mean R, 1, & 3 i could see...    but if it hits the dash in 4th you got some major issues dude   

[mikes68charger]

Your rite, theres no hitten in 4th its R,1, 3. I had the trans rebuilt and the shifter was add and adjusted buy the the shop. Its the alummun 3 speed with OD so 3rd is 4th to me So how do you adjust the shafts with out messessing up the trans? I did almost everything on this car my self, even the hyd clutch set up, but shifter rods are foreign to me. 

[Rolling_Thunder]

put the caR In neutral and then use a 1/4 drill bit - this should slide in a hole in all the levers...   this aligning them - then adjust the rods legnth while all the gears are in the neutral position...    this shouuld fix your problem

[John_Kunkel]

Even if the levers are correctly aligned with a rig pin the plate that mounts the shifter to the tail housing might be incorrect and tilting the shifter forward.

If all of the parts are correct, I would just bend the shift handle to clear the dash.

[Chryco Psycho]

I would just get shroter lever on the tranny

[mikes68charger]

I would change the shifter but I like the fact it centers it self so I can use a center console. Are there different mounts for mounting the shifter to the trans? I'm thinking of torching it and bending it.

[Ghoste]

Are you sure the shifter handle is correct for your application?  They do make a variety of them.

http://www.hurst-shifters.com/ProductsListByMinID.aspx?BrandID=2&minID=8260&majID=825&selection=3&minselection=5

[John_Kunkel]

I would change the shifter but I like the fact it centers it self so I can use a center console. Are there different mounts for mounting the shifter to the trans?

Yes, if you have the original factory shifter, the '68-'69 B body mount plate should have the number 6343.

I'm thinking of torching it and bending it.

I wouldn't torch it; the handle bends fairly easy in a press and you won't discolor the chrome.

[mikes68charger]

Thanks for all your help, PS your rite it dose bend alot easyer than I exspected for such thick metal. It work great now!!! One more qestion, my throw from 3-4 is a almost 2x as long as 1-2 is that normal?

[Chryco Psycho]

no  , you probably have different length levers on the side of the trans

[Ghoste]

This shop that rebuilt your trans, they did sell you a shifter that was for your application, right?

[John_Kunkel]

Like CP stated, there are different length levers:

[1fine69]

that was a common problem for 68 year  " busted knuckles "  :shruggy:going through the gears. but i think the fellas have put on here some good advice.