One of the best 3 speed shifters that you can find is made by hurst and is called the mastershift.
How to go from tree shifter to floor shifter.
Just need to locate and cut an opening in the drive tunnel.
Its not the greatest for city driving but neither is the fj40 in general.
If you want to do a power steering conversion you will have to get rid of the column shift.
The old tree linkage removes easily with just clips and you can get it out of the way.
They bolt to the side of the tranny.
Once you find the mustang trans you should also get the shift that goes with it.
Unfortunately hurst generally sells there installation kit necessary separate from the shifter.
Not long after the swap i decided to go a step further and switch the car from it s rather worn out original column shift to a floor shift configuration as well.
One item that is often a point of contention with classic truck owners is the addition of a floor shifter for automatic transmissions.
The first thing you are going to need is a tailshaft that is set up for a floor shift.
Thanks for the help maybe i can use this advise when i get the right shifter.
It uses the same design as their 4 speed shifters.
Originally many c10 trucks had a three on the tree manual.
Nevermind guys while postin this i found out i got box fulla crap not even the right shifter has the right shift lever diff.
Shifter and pry a bracket from some other shifter.
I personally like my 3 on the tree.
The column isnt broke it just jams up almost everytime shiftin in to second.
I got the mr gasket set and a b m shifter universal cable for th400 the hole only needs to be bigger than the biggest diameter on the cable.
You can replace your column shifter with a floor shifter in less than eight hours.
Converting 3 on the tree to floor shift 09 28 04 09 43 pm post 519486 in response to budnate just jack the car right up and chock it well you dont need to grind any of the floor out.
All my videos are in 1080p hi def so check that out just an idea on how to convert a column shift steering column to appear as a floor shift column thanks f.
In that case you might as well switch to a 4 speed tranny since either way it will have to be a floor shift.
Check your local salvage yards as.
The 4 speed is a better tranny.
If you are modifying your car and want to change from a column shifter to a floor shifter the job is as simple as changing a few levers.
If you have a 3 03 trans you can get one off a mustang but if you have a 2 77 you need the whole trans from a mustang unless you can find the longer output shaft from a trans parts supplier.
The shifter with an installation kit can get expensive but you must have both.