Am going automatic with a 700r4 in a 83 camaro. Is all I need is the transmission, torque converter and automatic shifter. What are the difference between these two shifters
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Neither is what you want.

You need a 700 shifter from 83-92 Camaro. Along with the console top and shifter boot. And a WHOLE LONG LIST of other stuff. A flex plate for example; various wiring; a TV cable, and the brackets & linkage pieces to make it work; a different PROM, so the converter clutch will work; a torque arm bracket; maybe a few other items, depending on what you're taking out.

 

I just pulled the 700R4 out of my 86 to install a T5.

I have everything still except for wiring. I am still determining what wires are to stay w/ my car and converted for the manual vs which ones are now "extra" and need to come out.

The steering column has a lock mechanism w/ cable that goes to the shifter that locks the shifter in Park unless the key is inserted and unlocked. I am not sure if that feature exists on all steering colums (obviously doesn't lock the manual shifter). But, it involved a cable that ran from the base of the column to the shifter mechanism.

That feature is probably not required, but I guess an added safety feature for the Automatics.

Your transmission fluid is cooled by separate passages in the radiator. There is a pair small metal pipes that run under the passenger side of the engine to the radiator. Mine were rusted/siezed up, so I cut them when removing. I am not sure if GM installed a different radiator for the manual and automatic cars. The ports on mine are on the passenger side of the radiator. I think the radiators are generally transmission specific.

I'm in SE Virginia if you wanted to try a one stop pickup for all or most of the parts.

Ken

 

Ya both coulda saved yourselves boatloads of trouble by just trading the whole cars themselves VS the major mechanical bits & pieces .....

 

But, he probably won't like the status of my car...

 

Here is a pic of the lock mechanism on the bottom of the column...

 

I have an 84 trans am that's an automatic and I need to replace the column because the guy who had it before me screwed up the guts of it and destroyed the collar. I have a steering column from another 84 but it is from a manual car. Can I swap that in as is or will I have to change parts out?