User Guide

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Figure 3
Indicator
cable
E-Ring
Remove this nut and
bolt for GM four
speed transmissions
Sheet metal
screw (2)
Bracket
card stock lever and stock shifter linkage.
Install B&M selector lever in position using
stock selector lever nut, (See figure 5).
Torque nut to 23 lb. ft. The lever should
move smoothly from front to rear with a
positive click in each gear position.
STEP 11. Remove two transmission oil
pan bolts from the middle of the left side of
the oil pan. Install cable bracket in position,
(See figure 5.) The bracket must be in-
stalled with two spacers between the pan
and bracket. (If your transmission is
equipped with a cast aluminum oil pan,
these spacers should be omitted. With a
TH-400 with a cast aluminum oil pan the
cable bracket may have to be modified.)
Install the two 5/16-18 x 1.00" bolts (Metric
transmissions use the two 8mm x 25mm
bolts) supplied and tighten 12-13 ft. lbs. Do
not overtighten as this can damage pan
gasket.
STEP 12. Route the shifter cable accord-
ing to figure 4. Avoid kinks and sharp
bends and route the cable away from hot
engine or exhaust parts.
Remove the two rubber boots, one
large nut, and a large lockwas her from the
threaded end of the shifter cable. Slide the
end of the cable into the cable bracket,
Install large nut and lockwasher loosely
over end of cable. Install two rubber boots
onto end of cable. Install the swivel on the
threaded end of the cable and position it in
the center of the threaded portion.
STEP 13. Move the transmission selector
lever by hand to full rear position (LOW).
Operate the shifter lever to the low gear
position (ratcheted all the way back). Ad-
Figure 2
just the large nuts on the cable so that the
swivel will slide into the front hole on the
selector lever. Tighten the large nuts com-
pletely. Be sure that the swivel will slide
freely in and out of the hole in the selector
lever. Note: The shifter will not operate
correctly unless the front hole in the
shift lever is used.
Leave the swivel out of the hole and
move the selector lever to PARK, all the
way forward. Also move the shifter to PARK
position (all the way forward). Reinsert the
swivel into the front hole in the selector
lever. Check to see that the swivel will slide
freely in and out of the front hole in the
selector lever in this position. If it does not
slip in freely, adjust the swivel slightly until
it will slip into the hole in the lever.
Move the shifter back to the low gear
position and check that the swivel will still
slide easily in and out of the front hole in the
selector lever. (If you do not use the front
hole in the lever, it will be impossible to
correctly adjust the cable.) Operate shifter
through all gear positions. Check to make
sure swivel will slide in and out of the front
selector lever hole in each gear position.
The shift cable is now correctly adjusted.
Install cotter key supplied with shifter into
swivel and spread key ends.