Shift lever knob removal?
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Shift lever **** removal?
Does anyone know the proceedure for removal of the Lightning factory shift lever ****? It has the od button in it. Thanks much.
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This shouldn't be any different from any other current generation F-150.....
The cap at the end pops off. You can pry it off with your finger nail. After the cap is off, the O/D switch/button can be pulled out along with everything else. If you need to remove the entire lever, then unplug the 3 wires. After that: Move lever all the way over to 1st gear and pull back on the leather boot at the base of the lever. There is a pin holding the lever to the steering column. Pull the pin and slide the lever off the wires. *This is how to completely remove the shift lever from the steering colunm.
You do need to be careful with the cap, however. It's held in place by 3 tabs. Many people have actually broken the tabs, while simply grasping the lever and placing the transmission in gear.
The cap at the end pops off. You can pry it off with your finger nail. After the cap is off, the O/D switch/button can be pulled out along with everything else. If you need to remove the entire lever, then unplug the 3 wires. After that: Move lever all the way over to 1st gear and pull back on the leather boot at the base of the lever. There is a pin holding the lever to the steering column. Pull the pin and slide the lever off the wires. *This is how to completely remove the shift lever from the steering colunm.
You do need to be careful with the cap, however. It's held in place by 3 tabs. Many people have actually broken the tabs, while simply grasping the lever and placing the transmission in gear.
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Originally posted by AjRagno
This shouldn't be any different from any other current generation F-150.....
This shouldn't be any different from any other current generation F-150.....
do I know about the Lightning
Technically, I don't think I have permission to post here in the 1st place. If word ever got out that I have a 208hp V-6 engine pushing a 3,800lb truck with 3.08:1 gears and 31" tires, nobody would ever take my advise seriously.it's not whatcha know..... it's whatcha think.... it's not whatcha know..... it's whatcha think.... it's not whatcha know..... it's whatcha think.... it's not whatcha know..... it's whatcha think.... it's not whatcha know..... it's whatcha think....
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Originally posted by AjRagno
Hey, what the do I know about the Lightning Technically, I don't think I have permission to think....
Hey, what the
do I know about the Lightning Technically, I don't think I have permission to think....
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Originally posted by Fast Gator
If Steve and Doug ever found out I was from Florida, I don't think I would have permission either. Come to think of it, I don't have permission now
If Steve and Doug ever found out I was from Florida, I don't think I would have permission either. Come to think of it, I don't have permission now
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Originally Posted by AjRagno
This shouldn't be any different from any other current generation F-150.....
The cap at the end pops off. You can pry it off with your finger nail. After the cap is off, the O/D switch/button can be pulled out along with everything else. If you need to remove the entire lever, then unplug the 3 wires. After that: Move lever all the way over to 1st gear and pull back on the leather boot at the base of the lever. There is a pin holding the lever to the steering column. Pull the pin and slide the lever off the wires. *This is how to completely remove the shift lever from the steering colunm.
You do need to be careful with the cap, however. It's held in place by 3 tabs. Many people have actually broken the tabs, while simply grasping the lever and placing the transmission in gear.
The cap at the end pops off. You can pry it off with your finger nail. After the cap is off, the O/D switch/button can be pulled out along with everything else. If you need to remove the entire lever, then unplug the 3 wires. After that: Move lever all the way over to 1st gear and pull back on the leather boot at the base of the lever. There is a pin holding the lever to the steering column. Pull the pin and slide the lever off the wires. *This is how to completely remove the shift lever from the steering colunm.
You do need to be careful with the cap, however. It's held in place by 3 tabs. Many people have actually broken the tabs, while simply grasping the lever and placing the transmission in gear.
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You have to replace the whole shifter. Make sure you also buy the new OD button. REad my post here:
https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=200758
https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=200758