B&M 81002 CONSOLE HAMMER SHIFTER - Manual (Page 4)

adjustment procedure above. If your
shifter cable is well used it may have
developed too much free play to work
with this shifter. In that case you will
need to replace it with a new Ford
cable.
STEP 6. Turn the ignition key to the
unlocked position, one notch clockwise
from the locked position, and put the
shifter into the Park position before
installing the interlock cable. Cut the
end off of the plastic interlock cable
support as shown in Figure #2. Slip
the end of the center wire of the inter-
lock cable into the slot in the interlock
bell crank. Attach the cable support to
the base of the shifter using the sup-
plied socket head 10-24 x 1/2” screw
and nut plate (See Figure #2). Do
not tighten the screw all the way, leave
it loose enough so that the cable will
slide back and forth in the slot.
STEP 7. Pull up the trigger on the
shifter and ratchet it back one posi-
tion into Reverse. Slide the interlock
cable housing as far forward as it will
go and tighten the screw holding the
cable to the shifter. The shifter should
now be able to be shifted to all posi-
tions. The ignition key should not be
able to be turned to the locked posi-
tion and the key removed in any shifter
position except Park. With the key in
the locked position or removed, you
should not be able to pull the trigger
on the shifter up far enough to be able
to shift into reverse. When the key is
turned to the unlock position, the trig-
ger should be able to be pulled up and
the shifter be able to shift into Reverse.
If your car has a brake interlock sys-
tem as well, you will have to apply the
brakes as well as turning the key to
the unlock position to be able to lift
the trigger far enough to shift out of
Park. If the interlock does not operate
correctly, slide the cable backwards
about 1/16” and retry. With small ad-
justments in the position of the cable
you will be able to get the interlock to
operate correctly. Once the interlock
is operating correctly tighten the screw
to keep the cable from moving. You
cannot get to this screw once the con-
sole is installed.
STEP 8. Locate a wire in the console
area that is hot anytime the ignition is
turned on, and is off when the ignition
is off. The power feed to the radio is a
possible choice. This wire will supply
the current for the LED gear position
indicator (See Photo #5). The LED
must be illuminated when the ignition
is on, because this is the only indica-
tion of what gear position the shifter is
in. Do not use the wire that was origi-
nally used to illuminate the indicator
on the stock shifter, since this is hot
only when the lights are turned on.
When you identify the hot wire splice
in a length of wire long enough to reach
the shifter plus about 6”. Also run an-
other piece of wire to a good ground.
Be sure the ignition is off when splic-
ing the hot wire and connect the red
wire of the LED indicator to the hot wire
and the black wire to the ground wire.
Check that the LED is illuminated when
the ignition is turned on and the wires
are out of the way of the mechanism.
STEP 9. Locate the wires from the
overdrive switch and splice in the wires
from the new switch on the shifter (See
Photo #5). The wires don’t need to be
connected in any specified order.
STEP 10. Before replacing the con-
sole, remove the T-Handle. Replace the
console and reconnect the wiring to the
console. Replace the four screws that
secure the console to the tunnel and
the dash board. Replace the console
compartment with the two screws and
the rubber plugs. STEP 11. Replace the panel around
the shifter and reconnect all the elec-
trical connectors. Install the T-Handle
and tighten the jam nut when the handle
is properly oriented. Use a little loctite
on the threads to keep the handle from
turning. Check the operation of the
shifter, indicator and interlock.
OPERATION
The B&M Mustang Console Ham-
mer is a ratchet shifter. You push the
stick forward for up shifts and pull it
back for down shifts. The ratchet shift
allows firm, positive, no-miss upshifts
and downshifts. Move the knob forward
or backwards as far is it will go to se-
lect the next gear. Then let the spring
return the stick to the central position.
After you shift from Drive to Neutral the
reverse lockout prevents the shifter
from shifting any further (to prevent
accidental selection of Reverse). To
shift to Reverse lift the trigger up as far
as it will go and then push the handle
forward and release it. When you shift
from Reverse into Park, the spring
pushes the trigger back down. To shift
out of Park to Reverse or any other gear
it is necessary to lift the trigger first
and then pull back on the handle. From
reverse you can continue to ratchet
backwards to Neutral and any of the
forward gears.
Photo #5
overdrive
wires
LED indicator wires
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