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camaroboy1077
Aug 21st, 08, 02:37 PM
anyone know how to hook this up?:D I got this hurst shifter with the car in a box of parts and supposedly it is suppose to go with this saginaw but I cant get much to line up. In the goody bag there were more brackets and other parts so i dont know if any of these go with it. If it is not right, has anyone made a bracket or something to mount a aftermarket shifter. this is a nice shifter and im hoping it will work

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c186/Surferbrah1077/trannys.jpg

crashent
Aug 21st, 08, 03:50 PM
The shifter is for a 2nd gen. F-body with a ST-10, and you have a saginaw...
Back to the drawing board... Crash

Aaron67
Aug 21st, 08, 04:12 PM
you should be able to make what you've got work. the only problem i see is that you have the short reverse shift rod. take that long shift rod that you have and cut/bend/re-weld it to fit and use it for your reverse arm. looks like the 1-2 and 3-4 shift rods fit fine.

camaroboy1077
Aug 21st, 08, 06:01 PM
Im not sure on this, but doesnt that long rod on top go wth something else, i am doing a auto to manual swap and i got a box with everything needed from a donor car. just dont want to modify something that i might need later, but if not then im all for it:D

crashent
Aug 21st, 08, 06:41 PM
The long rod on top of the trans is the clutch pedal to bell crank rod,
you will need that... Crash

JOE58
Aug 22nd, 08, 03:18 AM
What year Camaro are you installing that in?

Aaron67
Aug 22nd, 08, 09:54 AM
that other long rod is probably for something else, likely the clutch pedal to Z bar rod, like crash said (although i thought mine was straight...). but if you're doing an auto to manual swap and you get the linkage kit from the resto parts places, they come with all that stuff. I was suggesting reworking it to use as your reverse shift rod because you have it in your hand, and i'm cheap like that.

camaroboy1077
Aug 22nd, 08, 02:17 PM
yeah i hear ya, i'll see if the local salvage yard has a rod laying around that i can rework, who doesnt like to save a few bucks:thumbsup: and the car its going in is a 75. the transmission is all rebuilt, and its just a street cruiser so the sag should be fine, otherwise i would get the st10

JOE58
Aug 23rd, 08, 07:50 AM
The rod with no adjuster and the bracket with the rotating arm looks like it is for the reverse lockout that connected to steering wheel/key assembly

I would need a better picture of the shifter to tell if it is Camaro or Firebird

Camaro used a Hurst shifter like that in 70-71 (a different Hurst in 69)

Firebird used a Hurst shifter like that in 70-79 (a different Hurst in 68 69)

The Chrome stick was different on some of the shifters and has a Hurst number stamped in the flat part that is inserted in the shifter body

JOE58
Aug 23rd, 08, 07:55 AM
I think you can use the shifter mount bracket but will have to spot and re-drill the 2 lower
holes in the bracket and match them to the trans holes