AA Model A Ford 4 Speed Shifter Repair Video

[Fullraceflathead]

Here is a short Video I made, of the repair I did, to Fix all of the Slop in my 4 speed shifter on my 1928 Roadster Pickup.
I removed the Mickey Mouse set up from some previous owners repair made many years ago.
They basically removed Ford's 1/4" Pins and replaced them with 1/4" Stove Bolts, the whole thing was very loose fitting. This made the shifter so sloppy that I literally had 8" inches of slop in all directions. It was very hard to tell what gear it was in.
I measured the Holes at .260 wear and made up some Special Pins to match the .260 holes with a very slight press fit. This Fixed all of the slop in the shifter. This approach did not require me to remove the top of the transmission cover along with the floorboards.
The 4 Speed Shifter Tower is easier to work on than the 3 Speed Shifter too!
Hopefully watching this may help someone else with a AA 4 Speed Transmission with a Sloppy Shifter.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...E4m50cDoDpBOJh

[Bob C]

Nice job. Did you weld up the worn area in the slot in the shifter??
Also noticed you appear to have the early unthreaded tower with with
a later threaded tower cap.

Bob

[Fullraceflathead]

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Good Eye! I used what I had. Yes the Trans has a cast date code 2-13-31.The tower is the early one without the threaded cap. It came with the later style threaded cap so that's what I used. The Pin I made goes deeper into the slot where it was not worn much. I was going to weld it up but only the outer .080 of the slot was real worn out.
I wish I had the original cap for it. I also used standard not hardened pins so it will wear the pins out first and not the shifter. I made the pins from 1/2" rod from Home depot.