1938 Pontiac gear shift

[kombi999]

Ok, I was taking the gearbox out & I needed to remove floor shift. I was looking a sur clip, But my mate pushed the two pins together & it came out Great, Now how do I get it back into place. Thank Mick

[Larry]

Your '38 was the first year to offer a column shift. Obviously yours still has the floor one.

Oddly my parts manual shows lots of info on the column shifts, but nothing on the floor shifts. Perhaps there is a separate transmission manual that I do not have.

But your mention of "pushed the two pins together" is the same as the column shifter. As a matter of fact, the item number 4.025 (see attached exploded view drawing) for these pins is the same for the '38 floor shift (and earlier years too).

To install, you have to push those two pins together again (spring loaded) and slip back into place. It can be tricky, but can be done.