Hurst Olds Lightning Rods

[84cutlass383]

r the top plates ready now?

 

[85Supreme]

Id buy them for around 350 as long as there complete and work nicely.

 

[Burnhard]

Shift knobs would be nice as well.I have a nice set but I have thought about what they would look like in red or white or with script.

Thoughts?

 

[Minion1186]

More than likely I'd buy the whole shifter if the parts cant be made available.

 

[littlerascle59]

Is the only difference between the 3 & 4 speeds, the detent brackets on the side?

 

[DoubleV]

I might be interested as long as EVERY SINGLE part needed to do a factory-like conversion was available for the right price. If the price is anywhere what they are for originals and/or one would need to go out searching for some rare hard to find part to make the conversion complete then I personally would lose alot of interest.

Also, I've heard the originals were glitchy and prone to jamming/breaking. If this 'feature' was still present it would again kill any enthusiasium I might otherwise have.

So if I could get a COMPLETE conversion set for a fair price and they're not going to jam up/break all the time, I would most likely be interested in a set.

P.S. I personally don't care if they were exact H/O duplicates. I would just want them to look cool, function properly and have that perfect 'factory fit'.

 

[tobyp]

Is the only difference between the 3 & 4 speeds, the detent brackets on the side?

Quite a bit of difference actually

 

[tobyp]

r the top plates ready now?

Ill be totally honest. I had them made by a USA mfg and they are taking forever to get a small issue solved with a warping of the plastic. It's frustrating. I will keep working at it.

 

[baddies]

i am very interested. But as stated before i would want a complete set/kit everything needed to swap it over.

 

[88hurstolds]

Is the only difference between the 3 & 4 speeds, the detent brackets on the side?

Nope, the cam is different as well.
You could have your's drilled though, the 1 and 2 holes will need to be moved a full position.

Also, I've heard the originals were glitchy and prone to jamming/breaking. If this 'feature' was still present it would again kill any enthusiasium I might otherwise have.

Hence why Hurst discontinued them, too many were needing service and liablity reasons...
They won't even rebuild them for you anymore.
If the shift cable or shift linkage is not moving freely and there's excessive ware in the square pin channels on the levers you can get into a big mess when the detent pins/springs don't do their job from moving the levers too quickly...
You can wind up skipping a shift up shifting from 1st to 2nd and be stuck in 1st gear with the lever forward in the 2nd postion.
The button will not go down because the cam pops back into first and at 6,000 RPM's you can blow a motor.
This can also happen shifting from 2nd to 3rd.
Happened to me three times so far... frikin scary.
One time I got lucky because I didn't have the console in the car in my '86 Salon and could just move the shift lever with my finger from 2nd to 3rd to get the cam back into the proper positon, another time I did this drag racing on the street in my '88 and had to pull over and litterally tear into my console to fix it and the third time in my '84 Calais I was not so lucky... wound up bending a valve or push rod in my 350 :x and was forced to install a 455 :lol:

Any ware in the square pin channels on the levers and these shifters are JUNK, you can't replace levers without gamblin on buying and sorting through other shifters.