Muncie shifter rebuild

[1967 4K]

Going through my 4K file today looking at a lot of old stuff from Muscle Car Review and the one about how to rebuild your early Muncie shifters. I followed this to rebuild mine and still works fine to this day. Hope this can help someone.
Later,

PS. I found one on refinishing AL surfaces. Send it later. There was a ton of good stuff in those mags back in the 90’s n 2000’s. And then Mr. Internet screwed up everything!

[Frank_Muscle]

Great share! those old Muscle Car Review guides were gold. Always handy to have a reliable Muncie rebuild reference

[1967 4K]

Flip those two pictures for me Rob. I’ll try get to get that other article out today i spoke about.

[Mr70]

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[169indy]

Fun. I found it Best to Rebuild mine and put it on a shelf and install a Hurst.

That Detent is a bear to get back together

[WILMASBOYL78]

This is good info for folks who need to refresh a Muncie...these shifters were a pain even when the car was new. The mounting on the cross member is the killer....unlike Hurst which mounts on the tranny.

Another option is to sacrifice a Muncie handle by installing a Hurst end...and then using a Hurst shifter. The handle looks good inside the car and you eliminate the potential binding problems.

-wilma

[169indy]

Yes, My Trickery

[JoeC]

I had a bunch of Muncie shifters.

When I rebuilt them, I would use the neutral gate spring.

Some people say they should not have a neutral gate spring but some of the original shifters had them.

In that article, I see the hole is there for the spring but they didn't install one.

The spring and the hat shaped retainer were hard to find.

[169indy]

^^
Correct, I found a source for Both as & If needed.

Jim

[1967 4K]

Jim, are you referring to the round rubber washer thing thats most times dry rotted and coming apart?