Ok I see…well I do not have an overdrive button so I assume it did not come with that option which is odd as it is a deluxe…but definitely no sign of a knob anywhere

Ok thank u …I will check that as well

Put it all back together and adjusted rods correctly and it shifts perfectly! The best since I have had it last 30 years…still have no idea about the aero drive light on dash…it has never illuminated but does not effect anything as far as I can tell…thanks for all the help guys…what an awesome forum!

Ok thanks…I think I’m ok then….mine is reacting as u explained so I will grease and reassemble…see if it’s good to go…thank you for your response!

Ok the upper lever is now free after overnight pb blaster and heat this am. I think I understand how everything works now…my last question is how quickly should the spring push back pin back up into the upper lever…mine does go up but very slowly…checked spring and it appears to be fine.I can manually move it up easily by shifter lever..just making sure it’s not supposed to spring back quickly

Tks

Will I have to pull steering assembly out of car or can it be done under hood?

Ok thanks..the bottom lever just freed itself but the upper is rusted to column ..I’m assuming it’s been this way for a long time and I was still able to shift it somehow….got it soaking now I will leave overnight…if that doesn’t work I will move to disassembling and cleaning ….have not done that before ..thanks to all…

Ok had helper move shifter towards dash and then pull back….this made no difference…I can see that the bottom lever is free to spin on the column but the upper lever is frozen to column..it also seems like the lower lever is hung up on the upper lever? Making it impossible to rotate independently…like it’s caught on the upper lever?

Ok thanks I think I understand…I’ll get a helper and begin checking it out…will get back asap thanks again!

Thanks! I just removed pins from the vertical rods from the two levers….they do NOT turn independently…I can wiggle them a little bit can’t separate them….what is best way to try two free them ?? I will be back at it at 330… thanks for the immediate help…!!