b&m mega shifter

[305chevy c-10]

hi has any one used a bm mega truck shifter on these trucks with a 350 trans .........do you have to use backup switch and neutral safety  switch that  comes with the shifter ....i know on some trans these switches are on trans ...........

[Donut]

I'm not all that familiar with the shifter, more than likely you'll have to use the NSS that came with the shifter.  My OEM NSS is under the dash, on the steering column.

[305chevy c-10]

ok thanks ......what about back up light switch would it be on colum also

[Donut]

I don't remember off the top of my head, I think for automatics, the NSS/ bu lights are the same unit on the column.

[305chevy c-10]

ok thanks alot

[HAULIN IT]

You'll need/want to use the switches with the shifter. The original safety/back-up switch is on the column like was mentioned & is activated by rotating the column with the shifter. If you don't use the new switch, the back up lights won't work unless you rotate the column piece to that placement...Your truck will start in any gear as long as the column is in the "correct" place, either Park or Neutral regardless of what gear you have the floor shifter in. Do it right! Hook up the switches on the new shifter. Lorne

[305chevy c-10]

so u mean when i hook up the  floor shifter and remove the column gear shift leave it in neutral before removing it ..........i bought the shifter used and had to buy new switches ..but having a hard time finding screws small enough to mount them to shifter

[Donut]

All of that should be covered in the installation instructions.  I personally haven't touched a B&M shifter since the '80's.

If you lost the directions click on the link and scroll down, there is a pdf for the installation.
http://www.bmracing.com/PRODUCTS/Performance-Automatic-Shifters/Megashifter

[75chevybakers]

I have wondered as well... I was thinking of buying one... Feedback would be good.

[HAULIN IT]

so u mean when i hook up the floor shifter and remove the column gear shift leave it in neutral before removing it.

No, What I'm saying is if your going to "upgrade" your truck with a floor shifter, don't do it half way & make an unsafe death trap! Find the small screws, get the switches & wire the thing correctly to make it work the way it should...being when the floor shifter is in Park or Neutral the truck starts...any other position, it doesn't. When the floor shifter is in Reverse...the backup lights come on, just like they are supposed to do. Any thing else is not an upgrade, it's just monkeying with it & making it worse.
 Not to intentionally pick on you, but stuff like this bugs me! This is the kind of stuff the next guy gets to fix (& makes fun of you) when he buys it. I call it "Dedicking" it.

 Dedicking - vi.   time taken to remove, fix or repair items from a previously enjoyed vehicle that distracts or lowers the value, worthiness or reliability of said vehicle. including but not limited to: non-fuctioning or unnecessary lighting, sunroofs, visors, lamp cords, golf tees, all-thread, bailing wire, broken off lug studs, any part torched at but still attached to the vehicle, rubber hose in "non-stock" locations, a part held on with several different bolts that originally were all the same among other things.
 
 I'm not against "modifying" anything, by all means...just saying if your going to do it, spend the time, money & effort to do it right or leave it alone. My Two Cents, Lorne 

[82ChebySWB]

I have wondered as well... I was thinking of buying one... Feedback would be good.

I absolutely LOVE those B&M truck Megashifters-----I swear by them. I'm installing one in my '82 here in the next week or so....