Vintage Hurst Loc /Out

['56 150]

i emailed you some pics of the sheet.

[Postsedan]

Love the Shifter.....welcome aboard [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Dan

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

I hope to find one of these reverse lock outs.....

Anybody?

Ryan

['56 150]

Thanks Dan, I love the shifter too!

[MECTransAm]

Thank you very much...'56 150..i appreciate it greatly!

[Lynn]

Finally, a thread about a &quot;reverse lock out&quot; that is really about a reverse lock out. Drives me crazy when people reference the reverse interlock device on 69 and newer cars and call it a &quot;reverse lock out&quot;. When was the last time you were locked OUT of reverse by one of those things? They don't lock you OUT of reverse. When you remove the key (assuming it is working properly) it locks you IN reverse.

Back to your regularly scheduled program. Sorry for the rant and the hijack.

[MECTransAm]

finally got it installed....thanks for everybodies input!!!

[MECTransAm]

Anybody else care to send a photo of your Vintage Hurst Reverse Loc/Out...installed?

[Jetstuff]

Hi MECTransam, Been lurking on this forum for years, finally joined when I read your post.... I got some experience with HURST Shifters and thought I'd add my 2 cents. Running with the bolts loose is a bad idea, you'll end up breaking the lower (smaller) bolt eventually if you shift hard enough long enough. You should be able to tighten the shifter mounting bolts without having the reverse lock out bind up. If it locks up like yours is, 90% of the time the small hairpin shaped spring that preloads the sliding part popped under the sliding plate, causing the plate to bind when the bolt is tightened. The spring should fit in a little groove on the edge of the sliding part. Once it's back in place, bolt the plate in behind the shifter without moving the sliding part, as any movement can cause the spring to get stuck under the slide again. After everything is tight, try and move the lock out from the top, If it moves, then attach the rod and red knob. If it still binds, check the back of the shifter body and the shifter mounting plate for burrs, ect. I've also seen the thinner steel mounting plates bend, and bind the loc out. ( I'm a (AHHEM ) Ford guy, so the mounting plates are pretty thick steel or aluminum and don't bend....)Also make sure the reverse loc out itself isn't bent or bowed...

You should see what I'm talking about with the spring when you take the loc out out. If not, I'll try and post some pic's

John

Here's a pic I found on the internet, you can see the little spring on the right....

[Postsedan]

Welcome aboard John [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/[/img]

Dan