Originally Posted by DanMan

I just did this mod on my '91.5 and here's an amendment I'd like to add.
On a side note, you guys say it costs about $45 at the dealer, it cost me $26 at the dealership. (I get the employee discount because my Dad works for them hauling cars with their '06 3/4 ton CTD auto w/trailer)

Here you see the new, OD column shifter on top and the original on the bottom.


Here you see the notch that the factory one has compared to the late-model one. It will NOT work without cutting that notch.


No problem for my Dremel tool!!
Note: I had to cut the notch a hair deeper after the first trial fit.


This the OD switch connector. Wire #1 is the orange/yellow stripe wire that is referred to in the above instructions. When I instially touch one wire from the new lever to this wire and one to ground, all it did was momentarilly turn the OD light on for as long as I held the button in. So that wasn't gonna work. Well after a lot of experimenting and head scratching here's what I found out. When one wire was touched to #1 and the other to #3 the OD light would come on and stay one. When I touched the second wire to #2 the light would go out. So, on a hunch, I split the wire strands in one wire and touched both #1 and #2 at the same time while touching the other wire to #3, guess what, it worked! So using the splice connectors I connected one wire to both #1 and #2 and the other wire to #3. This allowed the new column button to turn the OD off and on as it should(while the original OD button is still functional). A test drive confirmed it to be operational.



Last but not least my 4 mo old son, Cody, getting ready to try out daddy's new mod!




Let me add that this mod is DEFFINATELY worth it!!!!