Factory Hurst shifter rebuild. Lower dash restoration - Restoring a 1970 mustang Mach1 Ep. 11
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- I am attempting to disassemble, clean, grease and re-assemble 2 FACTORY hurst shifter (1970-1973 Ford) One for me, and one is my dad's shifter that never was restored.
And completely repainting my metal lower dash panel after having it media blasted.
I lost footage of after the soda blast, but it went perfectly.
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Chris Haugen - Morning Mandoline
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Scott Buckley - Wanderlust
Johny Easton - Purpose
Again, awesome content -thanks for showing us!
Ahh... mine had the famous t-bone-shifter grip from Hurst. Memories... memories! Your emphasis of the correct thickness of these shift plates is spot on 👍. Mine were a wee bit too loose giving the shifter a somewhat wobbly feeling to it.
As always, kind regards from Switzerland!
Haha, had I knew earlier I would have rebuilt my dad's shifter sooner. He didn't know better 10 years ago and I always thought the shifter was rough, hard to shift and loose. When I dissassembled it, I understood why. The shims and gates were all dried up and rubbing without any grease. There were no isolators and the stick was only held by a crude steel shim and a bolt through so all the vibration were transfered to the pommel.
Needless to say it's now a totally different shifter. My dad was amazed at how smooth it shifts gears.
Beautiful work on the lower dash. Not sure you installed it for test fit purpose only or not. I redid the entire wiring harness on my 1969 Mach1 about two year back now. It is far more easier to install the wire harness and the switches on the lower dash when you have it on the work bench and then install the lower dash complete with everything on it.
Thanks ! That's a good point. I installed it right after I had cleaned up and mounted my heater box, so I could get the steering column in and roll the car inside my dad's garage. I have my American Autowire harness ,ready. It looks wayyy thinner than the original so I'll probably be okay. I did the wiring on my dad's 67 with original style harness and those models, the lower dash is fixed and way harder to reach around. Since everything is already bolted, I'll probably do the wiring over it, but have I not been in a rush to roll the car out for winter, It would indeed have been a better idea.
What did you end up using for your blast media?
They ended up soda blasting. Lost footage of the "after".