B&M 80885 HAMMER SHIFTER - Manual (Page 5)

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Remove shaded
portion of lever
7/16" nut
C-4 cable bracket
Cable swivel
Cotter pin
Ford lever
Ford C-4 and C-5
1/4 x 1-1/2" bolt,
lockwasher and nut
Figure 8
Cable swivel
Cotter pin
1/4" x 1-1/2" bolt,
lockwahsher, nut
C-6 cable
bracket
7/16" nut
5/16" x 1" bolt
and spacer
Ford
lever
Ford C-6
Figure 7
figure 5. Avoid kinks and sharp bends and
route the cable away from hot engine or
exhaust parts.
Remove the two rubber boots, one large
nut, and a large lockwasher from the threaded
end of the shifter cable. Slide the end of the
cable into the cable bracket. Install large nut
and lockwasher loosely over end of cable.
Install two rubber boots onto end of cable.
Install the swivel on the threaded end of the
cable and position it in the center of the
threaded portion.
STEP 19. Move the transmission selector le-
ver by hand to full rear position (LOW). Place
the shifter lever to the low gear position
(ratcheted all the way back). Adjust the large
nuts on the cable so that the swivel will slide
into the hole on the selector lever. Tighten the
large nuts completely. Be sure that the swivel
will slide freely in and out of the hole in the
selector lever.
With the swivel in the selector lever, move
the shifter to PARK position, as far forward as
the shifter will go without forcing it. (The
shifter has further travel that is used to reach
the GM park position but is not used on Ford
transmissions. Trying to force the cable will
damage the cable.) The shift lever on the
transmission should be all the way forward.
Check to see that the swivel will slide freely in
and out of the hole in the lever in this position.
If it does not slip in freely, adjust the swivel
slightly until it will slip into the hole in the lever
in both LOW and PARK positions. Operate
shifter through all gear positions. Check to
make sure swivel will slide in and out of the
selector lever hole in each gear position.
Install cotter key supplied with shifter into
swivel and spread key ends.
If you have a problem, DO NOT FORCE
THE SHIFTER, this will damage the cable, the
shifter or the transmission. Simply start at the
beginning and carefully check all your steps.
IMPORTANT: Do not force the shifter to over
travel into the Park position. This will move the
shifter into GM Park position and will damage
the cable or transmission.
STEP 20. On Ford vehicles, the Neutral
safety/Backup light switch is located on the
transmission (or on the steering column on some early vehicles). If the vehicle has an
AOD transmission the Neutral safety/Backup
light switches on the B&M shifter will NOT be
used. The Neutral safety/Backup light switch
on AOD transmissions will continue to function
normally.
On the C-4 and C-5 transmissions it is
necessary to completely remove the stock
Neutral safety/Backup light switch in order to
install the B&M transmission shift lever. On C-