This past weekend I installed the shifter and shift rods in my cuda. The shifter is a rebuilt/restored unit from Brewers and the shift rods were from Mancini. The reverse rod was about 3" too long, so I assume Mancini sent me a b or e body rod. When I went to test everything to make sure it worked, the shifter would only move one rod. The unit had ZERO lateral movement to engage the other rods. When I installed it, I took it out of the box, removed the plastic retainer and installed it. Anyone have a guess as to why I would have no lateral movement to engage the other rods?

B body reverse is way shorter than A or E .

As far as the lateral movement, first you do have the correct adapter plate on the trans , it has cut out s that allow a pin in the box to move? I assume you used the alignment pin to align the neutral gates and also you are sure that the trans was in neutral ?

You were able to manually shift the trans thru all the gears wit hthe shift rods off ????

The rods from mancini are what color? If they have a gold hue they need to go on the scrap pile

John,

I was able to shift everything on the trans manually, and used the same plate that was on the car when I pulled it apart. I think I'll disassemble everything and start over again.

Yes, the rods have a gold hue. I didn't like what I saw and how they fit, but they were better than what I had. I'll try to return them and get a set from Brewers.