I have not bought my shifter or its linkage yet. I did contact another guy who built a Hurricane with an AOD. He sent me some info and pictures about how he did it. I am not sure, but I may be able to get a slightly different setup from his that may look just as nice and require a little less modification to the console. To be sure, I want to wait and see just how the transmission will sit in the frame and that is still a couple of days away. Here is a picture of the one that the other guy used, which coincidentally was the same one I was thinking of using.
I did determine that I needed to rotate 180 degrees the piece of the transmission that selects what gear you are in. Basically, since my transmission came out of a pickup truck, it was set up for a column shifter, whereas I will be using a shifter down on the floor or more accurately, the console. I did find 2 awesome videos showing how to do it. Here are 2 links to those videos, the first one takes about 7 1/2 minutes and the second one takes about 5 minutes.
Finally, I bought a little drain plug kit so that if I ever do have to change the transmission oil, I will not have to remove the pan. It only cost $1.79 and I have no idea why Ford did not just put one in to begin with. Pics will come in a couple of days when it gets installed.
Oh, and best of all, MY POWER STEERING LEAK is FIXED!!! Not a drop in over a week.
