Replacing the Gear selector surround DIY without removing seats or centre console. Ford Falcon BA/BF

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Replacing the Gear selector surround DIY without removing seats or centre console. Ford Falcon BA/BF

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How to replace a gear shifter surround plate on a ford falcon BA/BF without taking seats or centre console out. Hi guys, I couldn't work out how to remove the centre console as I went but I managed to find a way to get the job done as I filmed. I hope this vid helps you out. Feel free to comment any questions or future video requests. Cheers
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@robert3325 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you included the assembly of it all, because It gives the big picture, so thanks for sharing that whole tutorial it was great!

@FordMercGuy Жыл бұрын

Thanks alot for your kind words mate. Very glad I could be of help.

@samanthajefferys5147 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all your help, so much easier than pulling half the car to pieces just to put a surround in. :)

@FordMercGuy 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Yeah, I also thought the same! Hahah

@queenslander954 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant tutorial mate , a lot of us would be swearing & bleeding .. well done , you’d make a great teacher.

@FordMercGuy Жыл бұрын

Very kind of you mate but yes I've got to give credit to the videos that were already out at the time of my doing this job initially that guided me to start with however hoped to bridge some gaps and show my way of doing it

@queenslander954 Жыл бұрын

@@FordMercGuy It was very calming , I think you could easily defuse a bomb in one of those old WW2 .Movies .✅

@FordMercGuy Жыл бұрын

Hahahah I like the sounds of that

@rebz1907 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. It still took me over an hour because I couldn't seem to move the console back far enough, but I got there in the end

@FordMercGuy 3 жыл бұрын

No dramas mate! 👊 well of course the centre console can be removed to make the job easier but certainly a little bit tricky in this method but doable

@alimir5228 2 ай бұрын

Awesome video, I just replaced the light bulb under the shifter with out any issues. Thanks to your video. Also, with regards to the two side nuts on the center console you can easily access them by sliding the front seats forward.

@FordMercGuy 2 ай бұрын

Sweet as mate! Glad the video could be of help. That's right, if going with console removal process: sliding seats forward gives access indeed.

@daleberg15 Жыл бұрын

Just did my BF, similar but a bit different. would have been lost without your vid, cheers!

@FordMercGuy Жыл бұрын

Thanks brother! Glad I could help 👊👊

@bigpoppaozy9372 4 ай бұрын

Really well done and such an easy to follow and understand tutorial. I’ll be taking on this task in the near future and will order the new faceplate off eBay as suggested as well. Great job mate👍 Thanks for the trouble you went through to video it 😊

@FordMercGuy 4 ай бұрын

Many much thanks mate!! Very appreciate your time with your great feedback, glad the video can be of help. Cheers

@aussiegrace 2 жыл бұрын

Yay I just got the whole centre console out and the very well stuck on brake sleeve. I’m winning.

@FordMercGuy 2 жыл бұрын

Woooo good stuff!

@cokeypokey1 Жыл бұрын

Great helpful video, appreciated the reverse reinstall at the end, for right screws and sequence. 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟.

@FordMercGuy Жыл бұрын

Many thanks legend!

@rubenk1414 2 ай бұрын

Thanks mate great video

@FordMercGuy 2 ай бұрын

Much appreciated mate!!

@aboulfofinator 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video bro!!! Thanks, I actually look forward to doing this now

@FordMercGuy 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers bro!! Ahh maad awesome to hear!

@izzybluffin820 2 жыл бұрын

Thx bro. Vids have helped out immensely

@FordMercGuy 2 жыл бұрын

I'm super glad to hear it mate! Cheers for watching!

@connor4920 3 ай бұрын

Very good video thank you 👍🏻

@FordMercGuy 3 ай бұрын

Many thanks legend was trying to work it out as I go

@鄂博 2 жыл бұрын

Great video mate. Thanks so much

@FordMercGuy 2 жыл бұрын

You're most welcome mate. Cheers for taking the time to drop a comment too, helps out alot

@TheCityofGod 9 ай бұрын

Thanks bro my shifter bushing came out and I was going crazy trying to take that gear cover off

@FordMercGuy 9 ай бұрын

You are welcome bro hahaha yes the gear cover is a pain in the ass isn't it

@ba.skidderLOCKDOWN 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers man made my day alot easyer

@FordMercGuy 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate, awesome to hear!

@MsJessedean Жыл бұрын

. Great video, too much effort for my liking 😂

@FordMercGuy Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, yes hahah I know the feeling. Certainly a nuisance job 😂

@josephatherton2781 Жыл бұрын

Thankyou , very helpfull video , a good way in to change , that little bulb .

@FordMercGuy Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! Atleast we all have hindsight of this video.. Some of the steps screw removals aren't needed so should simplify the bulb access.

@adzy_m Жыл бұрын

Jesus that’s a lot of effort. I was planning on pulling mine out. Sanding it and spraying it black. Might just leave it shitting looking now lol

@FordMercGuy Жыл бұрын

There are slightly easier ways of doing it, but yes slightly involved still. Bloody ford! Hahah

@lobsterwhisperer7932 Жыл бұрын

Mine is still like new, but i do park under car-port, the great thing about these crumpled up gear surrounds is a tell-tale sign that car has spent its time in the sun..something to look out for, also grey looking trim on outside of car is another one, no matter how shiny the car looks in the pictures.

@FordMercGuy Жыл бұрын

Yeah mate good ones!!

@philnorbury9032 11 ай бұрын

Really appreciate this thank you.

@FordMercGuy 11 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@thewholls7176 Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate good video i need to do this on my Fairlane and snap in new cigarette lighter while I’m there…..

@FordMercGuy Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate yes seize the opportunity while everything is open. Have you seen my video on the hidden factory cigarette lighter barrel light bulb holder?

@thewholls7176 Жыл бұрын

@@FordMercGuy yup thanks saw that but i think on the Fairlane they put a bulb in from factory - will double check

@FordMercGuy Жыл бұрын

Ah yes makes sense

@kamranmirza3969 3 жыл бұрын

Hey mate thanks for the informative video helped me heaps. Console still apart as the new t5 globe I've put it in won't light up when I chuck my headlights on. Not in selector yet as socket plug won't go in as before. Any recommendations or ideas on what to do? Cheers

@FordMercGuy 3 жыл бұрын

No dramas mate. Interesting, well the bulb should light up straight away if it's a healthy bulb even if it's not placed into the selector housing. Perhaps your bulb is bad? And as for it not going into the housing.. It's quite fiddly if you haven't removed the whole centre console, not alot of room to work, I have small hands so makes it a little easier to rotate the plug but check the tabs on the hukb holder line up with the tab cut outs of the selector housing. Good luck mate. If you can, get a known working t5 globe and put that in and see if there is power coming in, or a test light if you have one.

@iwillnotcomply2002 Жыл бұрын

How'd you go with it

@TurboAfterlifeRacing 3 жыл бұрын

omg this is great I just got a new chrome one for my bf, gotta install it

@FordMercGuy 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! Nice, bling bling. Will be worth the effort!

@Lizards_Lounge 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks...get an old 2002 ba, thing is like new, but after 6 months I'm over these bubbles!! Just such a shame they did that.

@FordMercGuy 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed mate I guess it was a combination of cost cutting and also trying a new layering that ford had never used before

@aussiegrace 2 жыл бұрын

@@FordMercGuy I agreed. There seems to be so many things in these vehicles that they went the cheap route and they then wear out. The air mixer shaft should never have been made out of plastics once all it does in every car is eventually break and is a pain to get to. I have a 2004.

@iwillnotcomply2002 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic..

@FordMercGuy Жыл бұрын

Thanks amigo!

@Seekah_ 2 жыл бұрын

Yo bro, does the assembly have the electronics in it? My select shift is buggered so wondering if a swap out would fix

@FordMercGuy 2 жыл бұрын

Hey bro from what I remember no electronics plug into this plate. Other than the bulb illumination light globe holder that lights up inside it, nothing else was connected to it.

@Seekah_ 2 жыл бұрын

@@FordMercGuy ezpz cheers for quick reply

@FordMercGuy 2 жыл бұрын

No dramas mate. Take yours off and give everything a good clean. You never know, maybe some debris stopping rjf mechanism moving/working well.

@DanielSan-ch7dr 3 жыл бұрын

Wish I found this about 2hrs ago before I pulled everything out

@FordMercGuy 3 жыл бұрын

Ah dayum, shieet! Atleast you've got the knowledge for next time 👊

@lobsterwhisperer7932 3 жыл бұрын

did you watch a certain youtube video instructing to pull out dashboard?

@aussiegrace 2 жыл бұрын

Haha I had everything unscrewed but can’t lift the whole centre console out which is why I went searching and found this. At least I know I am doing everything right so far. Now I can’t slide the brake covering off!!! 😵‍💫 I’m heading towards getting out the air mixer shaft. Yep. By myself. I’m a 50 year old girl 🤪

@Myjointpumpingmysoundsystem Жыл бұрын

Measure twice before cutting research before destroying

@zacrx4 2 жыл бұрын

Where do you get the new surround ? I can’t find them anywhere

@FordMercGuy 2 жыл бұрын

Hey mate I believe some are available online at eBay the one like I got was second-hand from the wreckers

@thekernall7662 11 ай бұрын

The only thing that didn't go back as undone were the two small release clips at the bottom of the rear console compartment, couldn't get them to line up with the holes eventhough everything else lined up perfectly. Luckily there are those two roofing TEK screws (really ??????) to secure the rear of the console that Ford sourced from Bunnings..........honestly what a joke.

@FordMercGuy 11 ай бұрын

And unfortunately for the next generation these cars being so brittle will be very annoying to work on

@thekernall7662 11 ай бұрын

Fords seem to have the worst plastics used for interior parts.

@snaiike 8 ай бұрын

I asked Ford to replace my gear knob.. they've quoted over 700... it's just one screw to pull out the knob and put a new one in.. are you kidding me.

@FordMercGuy 8 ай бұрын

Yeah mate, I call all dealerships: stealerships. Basically all makes of manufacturers nowadays. Unfortunately out to maximise profits at any way possible :C it's a shame really!

@luke9031 2 жыл бұрын

Is there a video of putting it all back together?

@FordMercGuy 2 жыл бұрын

Hey mate, unfortunately not but all I did was reverse the steps I did in pulling everything apart to put everything back together!

@luke9031 2 жыл бұрын

@@FordMercGuy cheers mate👍

@FordMercGuy 2 жыл бұрын

No dramas mate thankfully there was no extra steps needed for putting everything back together just make sure that you take the opportunity to put a brand new globe in the shifter selection light bulb holder while you've gone to this effort

@luke9031 2 жыл бұрын

@@FordMercGuy definetley mate, will be grabbing a new t5 globe tomorrow. Thanks again mate. Appreciate it 👍

@FordMercGuy 2 жыл бұрын

No dramas mate. Glove up so you don't get finger oils on the bulb so it doesn't blow prematurely

@marcussimo2004 3 жыл бұрын

Do you think it'd be possible to remove the surround and replace with a leather boot to give at manual shifter look?

@FordMercGuy 3 жыл бұрын

Anything is possible, but this may look a bit fiddly being such a long gear shift position park to drive and sports shift positions.

@DONOChannel 2 жыл бұрын

Can’t remove the handbrake cover trim for the life of me, it’s like it was super glued on

@FordMercGuy 2 жыл бұрын

Woah perhaps yours has never been removed in its life an seized on, or yep someone glued it on hahahah

@DONOChannel 2 жыл бұрын

@@FordMercGuy I’d say it’s never been removed in its life, bought it from the original owner with 220,000km and he didn’t quite look after it

@aussiegrace 2 жыл бұрын

Mine too. I got mine from Vic Ambulance at 22,000 so I know mine has never been removed. Did you eventually get yours off?

@DONOChannel 2 жыл бұрын

@@aussiegrace I never was able to get it off. I was able to do everything I needed to without removing it, but yeah never managed to find a way

@FordMercGuy 2 жыл бұрын

How annoying hey!

@loganpop8707 2 жыл бұрын

can u pull the auto trans cable with just doing this??

@FordMercGuy 2 жыл бұрын

Hi mate I'm unsure best to be safe and not pull too hard during the process

@mahangaberryman6763 2 жыл бұрын

I need a new surround cause one of the plastic rubber bits is kinda stuck when u try to move it in to the tiptronic.

@FordMercGuy 2 жыл бұрын

Give the area a good clean mate maybe you will get lucky and free up gunk that is jamming it

@mahangaberryman6763 2 жыл бұрын

@@FordMercGuy Hey man, my car doesn't shift in to tiptronic? But park, reverse and the rest all work perfectly, it's when I shift in to tiptronic the gears don't show up on the dash, any thoughts?

@FordMercGuy 2 жыл бұрын

Hey mate not too sure. Maybe open it all up, clean it all. Maybe contact cleaner all the electrical circuitry for a contact clean and see how you go?

@mahangaberryman6763 2 жыл бұрын

@@FordMercGuy Yeah bro shot bro I'll check it out.

@calebwilliams2530 2 жыл бұрын

Where did you buy the new plate

@FordMercGuy 2 жыл бұрын

Hey mate 2nd hand from wreckers.

@jetson2075 3 жыл бұрын

Shouldn't be so many screws involved.

@FordMercGuy 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed mate! There is a way to remove the whole centre console without needing to remove many screws along the edges like I did. But this was the way I managed to get it done. I missed the bolts near the handbrake I believe.

@shaneroser6235 2 жыл бұрын

@@FordMercGuy there is a much easier way in the big section under the lid of the console there are 2 little push clips this will release the back section of the console without taking all the back screws out

@aussiegrace 2 жыл бұрын

@@shaneroser6235 he did that.

@markryan4873 2 жыл бұрын

@@FordMercGuy if you were to remove the handbrake assy, it would be advisable to pull the driver seat out so you could texta around the bolts to ensure same adjustment when you replace it. Mine is in pieces your way now. The bits sticking down on diagonally opposite corners under the shift plate which look like they are threaded, can be squeezed slightly (they are split to allow a tiny narrowing, oddly in 2 different orientations, probably an access thing), to enable an easier lift before the slidey wiggle to remove the plate. Hope this makes somebody's job easier, it gave me a few moments...

@FordMercGuy 2 жыл бұрын

Good on you mate I'm sure it will help someone else

@thekernall7662 11 ай бұрын

All I can say is that this would have to be the worlds worst console assembly, and I thought Holden did things the hard way.

@FordMercGuy 11 ай бұрын

Yeahh bloody nightmare!! Proper tetris

@thekernall7662 11 ай бұрын

I had to do this all to change a blown T5 quadrant globe. I can't believe that they've made this so hard. Imagine if you took your Falcon to a dealer to replace this globe and they told you, that'll be $200 to get the light working again. It's no wonder all these BA~BF vehicles have a dark shifter quadrant at night.

@sharons9367 2 жыл бұрын

I need to replace the globe I can’t believe I have to do this just for a globe change Surely there has to be a easier way

@FordMercGuy 2 жыл бұрын

This is about the easier way unfortunately. Usually people take the front seats out and the whole middle console to make it easier. Bloody ford worth this design. Good luck, just take your time 👊👊

@sharons9367 2 жыл бұрын

@@FordMercGuy stupid design I’ve got a Ute can believe the process for the fuel pump 😡

@FordMercGuy 2 жыл бұрын

Ahh the drilling through the floor to access it??

@sharons9367 2 жыл бұрын

@@FordMercGuy apparently it’s not easy either cross bar there Also my dash lights are dull have you done a video on replacing globes ?

@FordMercGuy 2 жыл бұрын

Cross Bar too? Jeez bloody ford. The dash and speedo lighting is all LED. No easy way to change them unfortunately