70 E-body console with 518 trans and stock type shifter?
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Any vendor make a kit or stock style shifter to use in a factory 70 E-body auto console setup with a 4speed auto like the 518 Trans?
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Re: 70 E-body console with 518 trans and stock type shifter?
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Thank you guys, that sense!
Hope you're well Jim!
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Re: 70 E-body console with 518 trans and stock type shifter?
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Re: 70 E-body console with 518 trans and stock type shifter?
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has anyone swapped to a 518, then modified the valve body with a trans -go TFOD-3 kit, which is supposed to make the 518 a manual valve body ? if so, how did it work out ? how did it work if you used a slapstick shifter ? TIA as always ! I did, the transgo manual shift & set it up to still use the throttle pressure cable, so light throttle it shifts soft, WOT it has full pressure & shifts very firm & I converted my stock shifter to cable & cut & ground slots on the shifter plate so it works like a gated shifter, they do make plates already modified,, 68 Charger, also have 2 switches one for lock up & OD
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Re: 70 E-body console with 518 trans and stock type shifter?
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has anyone swapped to a 518, then modified the valve body with a trans -go TFOD-3 kit, which is supposed to make the 518 a manual valve body ? if so, how did it work out ? how did it work if you used a slapstick shifter ? TIA as always ! I did, the transgo manual shift & set it up to still use the throttle pressure cable, so light throttle it shifts soft, WOT it has full pressure & shifts very firm & I converted my stock shifter to cable & cut & ground slots on the shifter plate so it works like a gated shifter, they do make plates already modified,, 68 Charger, also have 2 switches one for lock up & OD Is that a full manual + regular pattern?
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Re: 70 E-body console with 518 trans and stock type shifter?
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Mrob & Moparite,
Thank you for the info and the link! Much appreciated.
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Re: 70 E-body console with 518 trans and stock type shifter?
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has anyone swapped to a 518, then modified the valve body with a trans -go TFOD-3 kit, which is supposed to make the 518 a manual valve body ? if so, how did it work out ? how did it work if you used a slapstick shifter ? TIA as always ! I did, the transgo manual shift & set it up to still use the throttle pressure cable, so light throttle it shifts soft, WOT it has full pressure & shifts very firm & I converted my stock shifter to cable & cut & ground slots on the shifter plate so it works like a gated shifter, they do make plates already modified,, 68 Charger, also have 2 switches one for lock up & OD Is that a full manual + regular pattern? Yes & Yes, converting my stock shifter to a cable was not all that difficult & it works awesome
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Re: 70 E-body console with 518 trans and stock type shifter?
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has anyone swapped to a 518, then modified the valve body with a trans -go TFOD-3 kit, which is supposed to make the 518 a manual valve body ? if so, how did it work out ? how did it work if you used a slapstick shifter ? TIA as always ! I started to. But wanted a couple of other changes that the shift kit did not address. So, I had A&A custom build a forward manual valve body. I also had them take some hit out of the 1-2 shift and some pressure out of reverse so that it didn't bang going in with my higher idle RPM. It was more money, of course. But I am very happy with the results. And I think that the Slap Stick shifter is the best shifter I have ever used. Works great even with the manual valve body.
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Re: 70 E-body console with 518 trans and stock type shifter?
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Charlie, i thought you had a trans-go shift kit, but i thought it was the TF-2od one. you probably told me at one time you used a TF-3od, but everyone here knows my cobwebs "hide" lots of stuff i "know". Dave, i have a junk slapstick here i have been soaking with all kinds of stuff in an attempt to loosen it up from it's rusted solid state. my reason for dinking around with this shifter instead of obtaining a good or better one, is because i want to see if i can fab up the parts necessary to convert my factory shifter in my charger to a slapstick setup. i have a gate plate, maybe a duncan piece, i'm not sure, but i like the way a slapstick works better. i'm keeping my charger a 727 for the [long] foreseeable future. as for the 518, and the TF-3od kit, my plan for this is for my 33 humpback panel [eternal] project. i want to hook this transmission to a pushbutton shifter. i figure if imperial services can figure this out, so can i. i have several good pushbutton assemblies on the shelf, plus a few junkers i can "practice" on to get the movement right to work with the 518. i also have a bunch of shift leavers for the transmission, plus a bunch of "leftover" levers that i have picked up over the years when my buddies would buy shifters for their ferds and chubbys, and then toss the leftover parts my way. that's my plan[s], so anything tossed my way i will appreciate !
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