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Thanks all. Neutral position for reverse on trans is forward position??

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Clarification. I am holding an OEM shifter in my hands. The 1-2 and 3-4 shift levers have a hole through them. The reverse lever goes toward the front and has what appears to be half a hole (notch)on the rear edge of the reverse lever. The adjustment rod goes completely through the shifter and is indexed on both sides of the shifter housing.

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What year is your shifter box , prior to 1970 the reverse lever in the OEM factory installed Hurst shifters for Chrysler products did not have a hole thru the reverse lever for the alignment pin. the tool to align the shifter was U shaped , had a pin that went into the notch on the box and into 1/2 and 3/4 , the other part of the tool slide over the outside edge of the notch and over all 3 levers and it had a thumb screw to close the open end of the U .

I don't remember if that changed in 70 or 71 , but this is how 68 and 69 shifters were and are aligned, someone posted a photo of the tool from the FSM within the last 2 weeks in another thread on this subject.

I made one of these tools because I was not able to find one.

Here is a picture of the factory tool i found in another much older thread .

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Clarification. I am holding an OEM shifter in my hands. The 1-2 and 3-4 shift levers have a hole through them. The reverse lever goes toward the front and has what appears to be half a hole (notch)on the rear edge of the reverse lever. The adjustment rod goes completely through the shifter and is indexed on both sides of the shifter housing.

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What year is your shifter box , prior to 1970 the reverse lever in the OEM factory installed Hurst shifters for Chrysler products did not have a hole thru the reverse lever for the alignment pin. the tool to align the shifter was U shaped , had a pin that went into the notch on the box and into 1/2 and 3/4 , the other part of the tool slide over the outside edge of the notch and over all 3 levers and it had a thumb screw to close the open end of the U .

I don't remember if that changed in 70 or 71 , but this is how 68 and 69 shifters were and are aligned, someone posted a photo of the tool from the FSM within the last 2 weeks in another thread on this subject.

I made one of these tools because I was not able to find one.

Here is a picture of the factory tool i found in another much older thread .

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John,

The shifter I have is either a '68 or '69. Read my second post. I clarified that reverse does NOT have a hole but it does have a notch in the edge that clears an alignment rod. I've seen the tool you posted a picture of but frankly I've never seen anyone, including myself, use one. You use about a 5/32" drill bit for an alignment tool, get the levers roughed in, and then do a final adjustment as required to get a smooth transition through the neutral gate. Yes, not using the tool is kind of a pain as the bit has to be held in the notches but again, I've never seen it done any other way.