i have a question for anybody who has installed a hurst competition plus shifter on a bw t10,how do you shift into reverse?i've almost ripped off the shifter trying to make it go into reverse to no avail,i read somewhere that you need to use extreme force but im afraid i will bust the tranny case while doing this.any suggestions?thanks in advance

 

I've had quite a few T-10s and Muncies both, with that shifter.

No unusual force was required to overcome that spring. It took maybe 5 lbs to move the shifter handle to the left-most position.

I'd suggest checking the rod adjustment; see if you can get it to R easily with the reverse rod off and the drill bit in it. If so, it's not adjusted right.

 

Been a long time, but I remember having this problem once. There is a pin through the shifter that has to extend beyond the shifter body to get into the reverse gate. It can hit the bolton backing plate, as I remember, and that will cause the interference. If not that, the shift rods are really close for the reverse shift and if rubbing they will sure bind it up too.

 

thanks a lot, i'll check on that pin and the adjustment,i hope it's not a problem with the rev. rod,it's weird that it seems as if the reverse rod is to long to fit correctly,the button that controls the adjustment ran out of thread(sp) and it barely fitted. :lala:

 

If it didn't adjust right, then that's why it's not working. The 3 pieces of the shifter that the rods hook to have to be able to line up together, which is what adjusting them controls; otherwise the piece attached to the handle can't be moved into engagement with them.

Make sure you have the rod put on the right way. I seem to recall that some of the install kits had a reverse rod that could go on either the inside of the shift lever between the lever and the transmission, or on the outside; and the reverse one is so short, that mis-routing it like that will make it either WAY short or WAY long, depending on which style you have.

 

that i did not know! will see to that,thanks a lot

 

well guys,i checked the adjustment 2 times with a 1/4 drill bit and still no luck,is it possible for a hurst shifter to be defective?the stick does not engage the reverse lever and im running out of ideas,all the rods have about the same amount of thread left and the 4 forward speeds work great,on my stock shifter reverse was push-left-up,is it the same on a hurst?i cant push it and if i pull it to the left it will only engage first gear,i checked if the pin that goes through the shifter body was hittin' somethin' but it's not
so if you have any ideas left or suggestions i'll be very glad to hear them

 

Maybe, just maybe, you have one of the rods on upside down. Can you look at the tranny while a bud tries to shift it? This is an easy mistake, especially when installing a used shifter.
Does the car run, and if so have you put it through the gears? Let me think,
For the trans to be in neutral the slots on the side of the trans should point backwards at about a 2-0'clock angle. (the top of the slot) 1st should be the rear slot and it would point to about 3- o'clock then 2nd gear would be at 1-o'clock. For 4th, the rear slot goes back to 2-o'clock, the front slot goes to 3-o'clock, then 4th it goes to 1 -o'clock. For reverse the slots on the side of the trans go back to 2-0'clock and reverse goes to 1-o'clock as I recall.
That's a poor description btu it's the best I can do. I'd almost bet you have a rod or plate reversed.

 

 

It looks like 3-4 rod is upside down, but it's been awhile.

 

Nope, that pic is correct. That's exactly how the linkage is fitted in my 69 camaro with a muncie and hurst competition plus. I think it confuses some people that the reverse rod comes from below the swivel while the forward rods come from above the swivel point.

 

In that case, take the linkage off of the tranny, place the alignnmet rod through the shifter mechanism. Make sure that the tranny is in neutral and re-install the rods without moving anything, except the rod adjustment. That really should do it.
I apologize for the mistake on my part, I've run comp plus shifters but it was back in the 70's. Then I started running the supershifter and all of those rods are straight and go from the top.
How about this? scroll down if it doesn't come up.
http://go.mrgasket.com/pdf/hurst2001manual.pdf

 

thanks guys!i finally fixed it,it was a wrong installed lever at the tranny(the one the rod ataches to)thanks for you time on this!