64 K code c4 column shift linkage
64 K code c4 column shift linkage
I am restoring a 64 Caliente that was an incomplete project when I found it. I am having difficulty identifying the correct linkage setup. From the original shop manual it appears there is a single rod from the lever coming out of the shift tube going directly to the transmission. This a C4 btw. all of the "experts" I have spoken with insist that all these cars as well as Falcons used a bell crank assembly. I don't believe this is true. Maybe for the 2 speed but doesn't appear so for the C4. Can anyone help me out with this or even better include a picture of the set up on your car? Thanks,
Re: 64 K code c4 column shift linkage
There was no bell crank on a Comet, the big Mercury’s had one. Here is a picture from the parts book showing the steering column and related parts. Also a “ K” code Comet is nothing special, a “K” in a comet serial number is a 289/210hp, four barrel, single exhaust.boss2man wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 11:46 amI am restoring a 64 Caliente that was an incomplete project when I found it. I am having difficulty identifying the correct linkage setup. From the original shop manual it appears there is a single rod from the lever coming out of the shift tube going directly to the transmission. This a C4 btw. all of the "experts" I have spoken with insist that all these cars as well as Falcons used a bell crank assembly. I don't believe this is true. Maybe for the 2 speed but doesn't appear so for the C4. Can anyone help me out with this or even better include a picture of the set up on your car? Thanks,
Jim
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Re: 64 K code c4 column shift linkage
May have confused shift linkage with throttle linkage.
Joe
Re: 64 K code c4 column shift linkage
Thanks, that was what I was looking for, now just need to find the part. BTW, I am well aware that the K code is nothing special, it was just to identify that my car came with a 289 with a C4 not the 2 speed transmission.
Re: 64 K code c4 column shift linkage
There was no bell crank on a Comet, the big Mercury’s had one. Here is a picture from the parts book showing the steering column and related parts. Also a “ K” code Comet is nothing special, a “K” in a comet serial number is a 289/210hp, four barrel, single exhaust.
Jim
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The 60-64 that had a 2 speed Merc-O-Matic has a bellcrank on the side of the bellhousing. The 64 with the C4 option on the Comet did not have the bellcrank but was pictured as above.
Jim
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The 60-64 that had a 2 speed Merc-O-Matic has a bellcrank on the side of the bellhousing. The 64 with the C4 option on the Comet did not have the bellcrank but was pictured as above.
Re: 64 K code c4 column shift linkage
The 60-64 that had a 2 speed Merc-O-Matic has a bellcrank on the side of the bellhousing. The 64 with the C4 option on the Comet did not have the bellcrank but was pictured as above.bmmaurer wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 8:58 amThere was no bell crank on a Comet, the big Mercury’s had one. Here is a picture from the parts book showing the steering column and related parts. Also a “ K” code Comet is nothing special, a “K” in a comet serial number is a 289/210hp, four barrel, single exhaust.
Jim
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I was half correct! Damn FoMoCo never makes things easy.