Question for Bill - AW-4 handle

Thanks for the picts Bill.

They show the T handle is a separate piece from the shaft, but nothing indicates how to remove it. I don't want to mess with any of the cabling or anything. Just removing the handle shouldn't require anything other than hooking the button switch to the button on a B&M type T handle so it should work. If I could just figure out how to get that handle off.

This may not help, but the last console automatic car I drove had a small allen screw in the front of the handle that held it onto the stick. It was also a 76 Dodge Aspen.

HTH

Carl

Grasp the T-handle firmly. Pull it straight up/off the shaft. Honestly, that's it. No screws, no catches, just a sort of plastic retainer in the t-handle sort of like the cap on a jug of milk.

I didn't believe it until I did it myself (97 XJ).

The button on the t-handle presses a button on the top of the shifter shaft. That moves a short cable which lifts a piece of metal so you can shift.

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Hmm - that sounds like a mechanical connection to me. Bummer. That means it would not be a simple thing to replace the T handle with a B&M type handle.

But - maybe the knob style handle from a Grand Cherokee would work? Have you ever taken one of those off?

BTW, why did you ever take the handle off an XJ > The button on the t-handle presses a button on the top of the shifter

I was mounting a set of toggle switches on the center console (right on that shift plate) so I needed to pull that plate off to drill the holes.

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