B & M Sports Shifter install

Published on 24 March 2022
Picked up a B & M Sports Shifter from Amazon. If you buy one from Amazon and if it shows suggestions that people also bought with this item like a cable & brackets. You won’t need them unless you want to upgrade from what B & M already provides. That is up to you. Didn't totally install the shifter but that will come later. Just wanted to work out the issue with the vehicle starting in all gears.
Thank again for watching and have a good one.
Alien
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[@derekboudreau9294]

Thanks. Great video, I especially like your detail on information.

[@AlienRestoMod]

Thanks. 👽

[@dennisdavila320]

Thank you for providing this instructional video. It helped a lot, as I am considering the same shifter for my 4L60E, however I have a question. I see that you were not able to shift it into 1st gear. I see you only went from D,3,2 but no 1st gear. Or did I see that wrong? If you could clarify that, I'd appreciate it. Thank you.

[@AlienRestoMod]

Thanks for the question. I reviewed to see what I did and it did shift into 1st. This video I hadn't hooked up the switches yet, it was starting in all the gears. The next video I did correct that. Currently the vehicle is up on jack stands so I see if the left rear wheel turns and it does in all the gears except park, but even in neutral the wheel turns. Looked at some forums and a couple of people said it was normal for the wheel to spin while in neutral. I'm not sure if that is correct. Still searching for a definitive answer.

[@dennisdavila320]

Thank you for your reply. 👍 I'll check out the other video too.

[@adolfomartinez1056]

Very nice video thank you for posting. I'll install the same on a 4l80. I Believe it has to work.

[@AlienRestoMod]

Thanks. 👽

[@billsalzman]

Yay process is progress

[@AlienRestoMod]

👍

[@kimwhitacre7622]

I'm about to install this shifter in my 73 Nova with a 350 transmission. I'm aware of the wiring with the neutral safety switch but I'm curious if you have completed your wiring yet? If so I have a couple questions for you. Thanks

[@AlienRestoMod]

Wiring the shifter? I don't have the base on it and it still looks like spaghetti but I can shift it through the gears. So what questions do you have. 👽

[@gd1893-PY]

@@AlienRestoMod I believe @Kim Whitacre is referring to wiring the back-up light and the neutral safety microswitches that are mounted in the shifter. They're actuated when the shifter is in the respective positions for the operation of the microswitches. I'm in the process of wiring a legacy SportShifter someone installed in a 1973 Chevy step van I recently purchased when they removed the manual transmission and put in a TH400 - they didn't wire up the microswitches, so there's no back-up light or neutral safety functions happening (but they added a toggle switch to the dash to manually turn the back-up light on/off as needed) 🙄... I have to trace and re-route the old wiring to get things working.

[@michaelpeter8481]

Had the same problem with my neutral safety switch. I ended up spraying the transmission coupler bearing with some wd40. Problem solved.

[@AlienRestoMod]

WD40 is the magic stuff.👽

[@johnsimmons8456]

No 3rd microswitch is bad. Holley needs to get it together. How is the PCM going to know if car is in P/N vs in gear? You need the NSS for ignition/starter, so you can’t use that one and there’s no room for another switch in the P/N position.

[@380fade]

Wait you have a 4-speed transmission and you didn't shift down to first. I think you will burn up that transmission being in 3rd instead of overdrive. I may be wrong, but I thought you only shifted down from drive to second to first. You're missing overdrive.

[@AlienRestoMod]

I think you're correct. 👽

[@Joesmusclecargarage]

Running an overdrive trans in third (1:1) will NOT “burn” a trans up 🤣

[@Mattys91gt]

Is there any way I could use my stock shifter cable it says to but I can't get the cable to bend correctly to be straight on the ford AOD and it has a big eye hole

[@AlienRestoMod]

Not sure I'm gonna be much help but this is my 1st time putting a shifter in. I went with the 5ft cable because of the bend that is required to link up with the transmission. Still need to adjust the hole in the floor to accommodate the cable better. You can call the manufacturer and see what they say. Good luck.👽

[@Mattys91gt]

@@AlienRestoMod ya the stock cable seems like it has to be perfect and I had a shop put it in the 1st time