Anyone know where to get a c-clip for the automatic shift ****? Or a part number? I have the ball, button stick, and clip, but not the c-clip that keeps it all from comming up.

 

I usually get them from the junkyard.Always have a few spare ones around here

 

9418564. Page 308 of the 1986 Camaro assembly manual.

 

Any good old school harware store will have a box with ac-clip assortment.

 

I hang around some pretty good hardware stores, and I don't
recall seeing anything near the size of that clip.
But that's just my

And in case the part # is no longer available,
some experimental alternatives might be:
-- carefully bend a finish nail
-- a cable staple from the elec. supply at H-D/Lowes.

If you need better info on either of the above,
I can snap a pic of mine (removed for some interior work)
with some examples, and include the dimensions.

Good luck,
kk

 

Since we're on this subject of auto trans shift *****, has anyone come across an aftermarket one maybe a skull head or something? The auto trans shift **** has a thumb plunger that the stick **** doesn't require. Just asking.

 

Let me CLARIFY..................
I just checked my 84 shifter!

Your looking for a external snap ring !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT a C clip !
Hardware stores will have a box with different shapes and sizes

These guys have them:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI...p%3Aen&vxp=mtr

Look here for the different styles:
http://www.arconring.com/stamped/

 

My 88 and 89 both have the staple type clips, both autos BTW.

 

LOL! My 72 Pontiac has a external snap ring too..........

GM musta been pinchin' pennies hard by the late 80s!

 

Then it doesn't have the ball shifter type that requires the clip being discussed

 

If you have a newer car with the "staple" that holds the shifter in place heres a pic of the "staple" and a link where to buy one.
http://www.moderndaymuscle.com/inc/sdetail/645

 

Heres a pic of that staple.

 

A staple? No kidding. I would have never thought GM would use a staple to hold the shift **** on. Ya' learn something new every day.

 

I don't know what GM calls it in the parts book description but this is what modern day muscle calls it.............
Automatic Shift **** Retaining "Staple