Muncie shifter rebuild

[169indy]

^^ No that is Impossible to find so I use a incorrect looking "functional replacement" item in my builds. When I source a used Shifter that Bushing is brittle-cracks, chipped and damaged beyond repairs not much NOS source for it so we have to improvise. Often I purchase 3-sp shifters as scrap to source parts also.

I believe the shifter came in Version One and Version two

[169indy]

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[JoeC]

I remember in the discussions on the neutral gate spring , that it is not shown in that drawing.

I felt that the shifter worked better with the neutral gate spring

Some people said the neutral gate spring should not be used

here is a photo of a rebuilt shifter with the neutral gate spring

[1967 4K]

The round rubber bushing thing that’s always dry rotted-cracked n fallen apart. On a shock absorber the two round black rubber bushings thats on top of an absorber. Hopefully you have enough left of the original piece to get some good measurements of it.
Put one of the shock absorber rubber bushings things in the freezer n let it freeze for several hours or overnight. When rubber freezes you can take a sharp knife- hack saw- band saw n cut it down to the size you want. You might have to refreeze it a few times to achieve what you want. I did this to my shifter 30 years ago and it still works fine. Gunmakers use this process on custom fitting a butt stock rubber to a Trap Shooters shoulder.
This little spring that people are talking about, get creative find one- make one that will work n drive on.
I used white lithium grease on mine when reassembling it.