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BuNtEr
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 Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:00 pm Post subject: EL/EF Tbar Gear nob into EB |
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I saw this on Benj EB and it looked very nice so i decided to do the same to mine, a very easy mod to do.
EL/EF Auto gear knob into EA, EB, ED, DA, NC, XG, XH (only with Tbar not column)
I think the T-bar Gear Knob on the EA/EB/ED/DA/XG/XH sucks looks boring, so I saw Benj from fordmods.com had a EL/EF auto gear knob on his EB and it looked smick, so I thought yep I want one so I got one and with some of the info from Benj i changed mine.
Tools
„« Grinder or file (To remove any burs)
„« Bolt cutters or hacksaw
„« Shifter
Parts
„« EL/EF auto gear knob
„« Rod from a EL/EL door one that¡¦s used to open the door from the inside
Take your old T Bar auto gear knob off by using a shifter and holding the gear knob firm and undoing the locking nut under it, then unscrew the gear knob and take it off, remove the selector bar out, leave the locking nut on the t bar shaft.
Using the bolt cutters or the hacksaw cut a piece about 17cm long from the door rod round bar you got, then put it next to the selector bar you took out of your car and mark the spot you need to make a slight bend.
To make the slight bend put the rod were you made the marking to bend on the corner of a workbench or put it in a bench vice and just push it till it starts to bend and thats it your done, dont bend it to much or it will not work when you put it together.
Use a flat file or a bench grinder and de-bur both ends of the new selector bar
Now install the new selector bar short end in first, then screw the new EF/EL auto gear knob on almost down to the end now hold it firm and tighten up the locking nut using the shifter.
Now you should have a nice working new auto gear knob that looks great.
I have added some photos to help you with this mod I hope this helps,
I BuNtEr take no responsibility in anyway if you damage your car or hurt yourself wile doing this mod, you do it at your own risk.
here are some photos and thanks to Benj for the idea.
Photo of the new and old selector rods, new one is on the Bottom.
New Selector rod in place
How it looks in my EB Fairmont and how it should in yours
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BuNtEr
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I made a How to Doc in PDF for download works for EA, EB, ED, DA, NC, XG, XH (only with Tbar not column)
Last edited by BuNtEr on Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:04 pm, edited 1 time in total |
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BenJ
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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Now that looks a s**t load better.
The EF/EL handle feels soooooo much better than the crappy standard one.
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Froudey
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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| nice i did some thing similiar to this but converted to manual a week later lol |
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