[RobertZpianoman]

How did all of you '58 yr. bird owners get your "shifter's on our 1958 yr. bird's , more close tolerance??? ....MEANING , (from hand selector at steering wheel area to "output pawl " ) in engine compartment, ( to rod linkage shaft ) which connects to trans. below ..".from being so sloppy".??? so far I have extended the "output pawl" on steering column about an "inch" ... by placing a "t a b " of flat bar steel 1 inch long 5/8 inch wide by 1/4 thick with four each (10/32 bolts and securing teflon nuts ) thru the steel flat bar stock " t a b " thru ford's pawl ....MEANING , (to the existing ford design column output pawl ), that went to shifter " select rod" ..(whereas extending that pawl"s ability .. even more , to assist the travel " total distance " ..giving (shift rod shaft) attached to it ...a "longer reach" to the trans. selector at the transmission.. for the " full" required range. and so that lets me have the full range (park to the low #"one" selected position) , manually selected by me. ) but I am really interested in getting it all to be as one " event" , in the "feel" of it all. So is there a quick fix to get the "select pawl " off of the ( column center steering shaft area) ??? (inside that tube going from wheel area thru dash to engine compartment cut out slot on the column where "pawl is located.? Assuming it is a C N C MACHINED OR STAMPED OUT CENTER cut out in center of output " pawl" , the squareness of it has probrably got opened a little allowing for sloppy shifting. note I ALREADY PUT IN THE DETENT PLATE BEHIND TURN SIGNAL AT WHEEL AREA SUGGESTED IN "SQUAREBIRDS.COM WEB SITE HELPFUL PLAY BY PLAY VIEWS OF RELATED PLACES AND PROCEDURES TO DO 58 YR. BIRD WORK. THAT HELPED IT STAY IN PARK JUST FINE..JUST FEELS LIKE SLOPPY SELECTOR LINKAGE PROBLEM...TRANS. SHOP SAID TRANS INDENTS AND POSITION SELECTOR IS OK ALREADY SO??? 3/7/2012 early morning computer use (wife's M A C computer) .. big screen lets me enjoy all your members t bird years " pictures " great web site!!! NO HURRY JUST CURIOUS.