4R70W in a 1988 Thunderbird. Shifter install.

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4R70W in a 1988 Thunderbird. Shifter install.

December 15, 2019, 08:27:41 AM

So I wanted to make sure that i could keep the car stock looking on the interior and exterior. So know I am tackling the shifter. I tried to keep the stock shifter in the car but it was not working out well. My plan was to install a 99-04 Mustang shifter and make it sit well with the console and cover. Sounds easy but it takes some work. The 88 shifter mounts to a flat plate on the trans tunnel. A 2002 shifter mounts to the curvature of the Mustang floor. So since that was not working, off to the junk yard with a sawzall I went. I cut a big part of the floor out of a 2002 Mustang and started my modifications.

The Thunderbird shifter plate on the floor was screwed in and seam sealed to the trans tunnel. After getting that part out, I cleaned up the area and started to make the 2002 part fit onto a 1988 part. With a lot of tpuppies, fitting screwing around and modifying the console, I was able to get it all to fit and play nice.

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Reply #1 – December 15, 2019, 08:36:52 AM

I have more pics but it keeps coming up with errors every time I post. Maybe admin knows why?

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Reply #2 – December 15, 2019, 08:38:43 AM

Here are some more

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Reply #3 – December 15, 2019, 08:39:25 AM

I seem to not be able to add photos one after another. So I do stupid posts like this one.

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Reply #4 – December 15, 2019, 08:41:08 AM

And this is the completed look before it is all secured into place. I just need to figure out where I am going to run the harness for the quick 4 controller.

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Reply #5 – December 16, 2019, 07:55:34 AM

Looks like it belongs there. Very nice.

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Reply #6 – December 21, 2019, 08:12:09 AM

Quote from: Mikey97D – on December 16, 2019, 07:55:34 AM

Looks like it belongs there. Very nice.

That is what I wanted to go for. Nothing worse then someone seeing that it is not quite right. Tried to make it look as stock as possible.

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Reply #7 – December 22, 2019, 08:53:52 PM

Looks pretty good. Looking forward to seeing how it works out.