Floor Shifter conversion

[frj00]

Has anyone attemptd this, Looking at the B&M megas ****er anysuggestions..It'a a99 sport with the SOHC

 

[STANN]

no info from me, sorry
but if you could pull it off.....damn....

 

[frj00]

Yeah it would be nice..but it seems that a kit is not made for any shifter to be converted for this model I wonder if anyone else has attempted this and if so where did they score the hardware

 

[410Fortune]

Shouldnt be too bad, however getting the adjustment correct can be a PITA. Your column shift is a cable shifter, any floor shifter that uses a cable should work with a little fabrication.........

My question is what do you do with the sttering column? Convert ot a stick shift column?

 

[Xplodor]

I want the lever type e-brake, that way I can hit it while offroading to slide corners!!!

 

[X24]

The european model has a floor shifter. You could probably put one of those in, but its kinda backwards so I'm not sure if it would fit right or not.

 

[Howard]

You mean that you want this:

and this:

Standard on all RHD models so the parts must be available somewhere. Hope this helps.

 

[frj00]

Howard/ floorshifter

would it be possible to find out what trans they came in? what did you mean by backwards? i wonder if i could track down a scrap yard somewhere in the u.k. that would be willing to send a set-up, even with the hardware I could probally fit a newer style sfifter in, please let me know if you can or possibly steer me in the right direction to find out
fred

 

[Alec]

You could probably get the necessary parts new from torrie@fordpartsnetwork.com

I suggest emailing him and telling him what you have in mind.

 

[section525]

Backwards, as in everything would be viewable/workable from the passenger seat, not the drivers.

 

[frj00]

thanks for the link to contact, sent him an e-mail and contacted a UK company that has parts for sale
thanks again

 

[AdamsGuitar]

Let us know what turns up. I might be interested in doing this, too, as I have always hated column shifters...always felt weak to me.

 

[Howard]

frj00

Hope it all works out. If not I'll do some research for you.
We do have some x's in scrapyards accidents mostly.
All the best.
Howard

 

[jimbo74]

howard, there is another thread much like this one floating around here somewhere... i saw it within the past week... and your picture was posted by another member

 

[Howard]

Thanks Jim perhaps I should claim copyright . If it helps I don't mind after all that is why we are all members of this forum.

PS. If it helps anyone then I am quite happy to take more detailed pictures (even with some strip down).

 

[jimbo74]

i knew you wouldnt mind i merely said that so you could look for the other one and see if you could help some of the guys out even more..... if i remember correctly, that one was more informative than this one....

 

[frj00]

Ford Parts direct does not deal withg Euro parts and the two other euro companies I mailed came back with an error message....going to have to due some more surfing

 

[Howard]

If this is of any help http://www.intapart.com/ This is a uk scrap yard that will ship worldwide and they are breaking 4 uk explorers at the momment.

 

[frj00]

Howard more detailed picturtes would be grteat to see if it could be converted to lefthanded and what type of cable and system it uses, do you have a pushbutton for the overdrive on the dash?

 

[Howard]

The push button for od is just under the T on the right side. I'll take some pics as soon as I can.