700r4 with column shifter?????'s

dickeymoore

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I have a 1980 Chevy Monte Carlo with a 350 automatic transmission with column shift I'm wanting to replace the 350 transmission with a 700R4 with the stock column shift is there a way I can retain to stock column shift to work with all the gears with the 700R4 transmission,will the stock linkage bolt to the 700r4 trans or what? THANKS
 

78elk

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I haven't did that. But I know it can be done. You would get a different gear indicator for your dash. I was going to do the same with mine, but the linkage was bad. So I put in a B&M floor shifter.
 

melloelky

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i think nillabu did his column with a 200r4.yes it's a different trans but it's still a swap of the 4-speed nature.maybe he can shed some light on your idea.
 

melloelky

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You were rite the first-time it's nillabu.pm him
 

malibuguy

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I used a lokar rod linkage kit to make my 200r4 work on the column.

If I were to do it a again...I would have used the cable kit instead ( i didnt know they offered that at the time)

With the rod...wot in 1st gear would bump the trans into 2nd if I didnt hold it.

Im going to attempt to make a cable contraction to use my column shift with the lexus trans
 

dickeymoore

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I just got the setup from a g body with a 200r4 column shifter and it works getting all gears with a 700r4 transmission using coljmn shifter
 

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