[Jarrod Li]

Does anyone have a diagram of the shifter mechanism for a 4spd 73' GT?

Mine is frozen up and I need to get it unfrozen so I can use reverse again. Just don't want to wind up taking something apart that shouldn't be or wind up breaking something.

Thanks,

 

[jlthunder]

Do you need a shifter? Is the locking ring stuck or broken? I may have a spare you can have.

 

[Jarrod Li]

Well it was all working when it went into storage ~6 years ago so I'm thinking that it's just froze up.

By fiddling with the allen screw at the top I've gotten the reverse "handle" to move so I know it's not that or the cable inside. I've never taken it apart or looked at it before because it was working, so I don't know 100% how it works. It appears that the metal part that is "keyed" to the rest of the linkage is supposed to slide up inside the "bell" shaped part above it. That's not happening. I was thinking of possibly hammering out the locking "wrist" pins at the bottom and work at it from that way but without a diagram I'm afraid of breaking something.

Nothing seems broken, I think it's just rusted and needs lots and lots of WD-40.

 

[jlthunder]

Yes,

The part that is keyed is to slide up and down. I never took mine apart. If you can work it loose with WD-40, then you should be fine. If you have a Factory Manual, I recall a cross sectional picture in there.

 

[Jarrod Li]

I don't believe I have that manual, but thanks for confirming that that is how the shifter is supposed to work.

Thanks,

 

[baz]

this should do its for a manta but they are roughly the same