Last night I got the floor shifter welded together. I basically cut a circle out of some 1/4” plate, and welded it inside the big end of the rod. I didn’t weld on the face because I’m not very good at welding and didn’t want ugly welds visible lol then I welded the whole rod to the handle I made up earlier that was sticking out underneath the console.
It took a couple try’s to get the angle right. First I had it pointed too far back and it would hit the front seat. I would grind off the welds and retry it. But if I only tack welded it to fit, the welds wouldn’t hold trying to test it out haha. So I finally got the angle. I wish I would have put the handle just alittle higher because it drags alittle on the carpet, but not too bad. At first I was worried that I wouldn’t have very good leverage with all the angles, but it actually shifts very easily. I love this thing!
This was the first attempt at the angle. It kept hitting the seat when I would move it up
This is the final angle I decided on
All the way back in 4 high
All the way forward in 4 low
I had to have it pretty far forward, my wife is 5’ tall and moves the seat really far forward to drive. If the seat hit it, it would bump the handle forward and shift, didn’t want that