Project 48: Have been taking my sweet old time on the resto. Now with four large cartons of parts are here, it's time to kick things it up a notch and get it done . Cut a access door into the tunnel, disconnected the shift rod, pulled it out the front ( always tie a wire to it to pull it back through I cut a groove into the rod cup to accept an bent back style early shifter that has the forward locator pin. Replaced the nylon bushing, greased things reinstalled the rod , resealed the tunnel door ....done in one hour flat ~