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Old 5/26/14, 06:14 PM
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Removing Stock shifter ball....

Is there a good way to remove this? I want to reuse it but it is being a real pain!! Suggestions please....
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Heat up with a hair dryer on the hottest setting & use a strap wrench.
Not gonna get off with your bare hands.
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I used a strap wrench and my hand.
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Same hear... strap wrench and hand. Ford really did not want that to come off I guess. I thought I was going to break the shifter but at the last moment it broke free.
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Strap wrench w/o heat here. Requires some force.
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woossies!
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Originally Posted by DarrenGT
woossies!
So are you saying you used the hair drier to heat up your hand...and then removed the shifter **** with said hand? Now that's Bada$$ Just Joking.

I used a strap wrench.....took a pretty fair amount of torque....more than I had envisioned.

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Sort of on the same topic...

How about putting it back on? When I bought mine used, it already had the MGW shifter in it but with the Boss shift **** mounted. The shift **** snugs up facing roughly 10-deg from dead ahead. It'll remain at 0-deg unless I apply any to a little clockwise rotation... any idea how to make it sit perfectly straight while torqued down? OR! is that normal and I need to grab a strap wrench and really wrench down the other 350-deg?
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It took a couple of trys, but I got mine off by hand. I don't need no stinkin' strap wrench.

Still can't open a jar of pickles though.

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Originally Posted by Krohn
Sort of on the same topic...

How about putting it back on? When I bought mine used, it already had the MGW shifter in it but with the Boss shift **** mounted. The shift **** snugs up facing roughly 10-deg from dead ahead. It'll remain at 0-deg unless I apply any to a little clockwise rotation... any idea how to make it sit perfectly straight while torqued down? OR! is that normal and I need to grab a strap wrench and really wrench down the other 350-deg?
The MGW shift **** shaft is threaded into the upper shifter body. Loosen the jamb nut holding the shaft and adjust as needed.

Remove the console, simply pulls up, disconnect the wire connector and set aside. Loosen nut and adjust. Reassemble in opposite order.

Takes about 5 minutes once you get used to the process.

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Got it off...what a pain!
New Barton shifter will be here tomorrow!
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Originally Posted by TMSBOSS
The MGW shift **** shaft is threaded into the upper shifter body. Loosen the jamb nut holding the shaft and adjust as needed.

Remove the console, simply pulls up, disconnect the wire connector and set aside. Loosen nut and adjust. Reassemble in opposite order.

Takes about 5 minutes once you get seed to the process.
Perfect! This will be easy. Thanks for the quick response!

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Got it off...what a pain!
New Barton shifter will be here tomorrow!

Congratulations! Pics after install.

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You won't want to try over tightening another 350 degrees, you will end up stripping threads or maybe crack the ball. I have to do this also, adjust the jam nut on the MGW after taking my console off a few times for the stereo install.
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