Replacing the Gear selector surround DIY without removing seats or centre console. Ford Falcon BA/BF
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- Опубліковано 17 січ 2025
- 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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Brilliant tutorial mate , a lot of us would be swearing & bleeding .. well done , you’d make a great teacher.
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
@@FordMercGuy It was very calming , I think you could easily defuse a bomb in one of those old WW2 .Movies .✅
Hahahah I like the sounds of that
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!
Thanks alot for your kind words mate. Very glad I could be of help.
Thanks for all your help, so much easier than pulling half the car to pieces just to put a surround in. :)
Thanks so much! Yeah, I also thought the same! Hahah
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.
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.
Just did my BF, similar but a bit different. would have been lost without your vid, cheers!
Thanks brother! Glad I could help 👊👊
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
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
Yay I just got the whole centre console out and the very well stuck on brake sleeve. I’m winning.
Woooo good stuff!
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 😊
Many much thanks mate!! Very appreciate your time with your great feedback, glad the video can be of help. Cheers
Great helpful video, appreciated the reverse reinstall at the end, for right screws and sequence. 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟.
Many thanks legend!
Thx bro.
Vids have helped out immensely
I'm super glad to hear it mate! Cheers for watching!
Awesome video bro!!! Thanks, I actually look forward to doing this now
Cheers bro!! Ahh maad awesome to hear!
Thanks mate great video
Much appreciated mate!!
Great video! It's good to be able to get this done without damaging anything, but if you're unfortunate enough to have your shift control bush fail and the cable come off while you're out, you'll need the emergency procedure. Basically, you just take the shifter and top trim/surround off (as well as the main bolts) and prise the fascia out with extreme prejudice, breaking a few of its bolt sockets. It ain't pretty, but you're rolling again in five minutes. 🤣 It sits in there fine when you shove it back in.
If if works it works hey bro!
Thankyou , very helpfull video , a good way in to change , that little bulb .
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.
Great video mate. Thanks so much
You're most welcome mate. Cheers for taking the time to drop a comment too, helps out alot
Thanks bro my shifter bushing came out and I was going crazy trying to take that gear cover off
You are welcome bro hahaha yes the gear cover is a pain in the ass isn't it
Cheers man made my day alot easyer
Cheers mate, awesome to hear!
Excellent
Cheers mate!
Very good video thank you 👍🏻
Many thanks legend was trying to work it out as I go
Really appreciate this thank you.
You're very welcome!
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.
Yeah mate good ones!!
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
There are slightly easier ways of doing it, but yes slightly involved still. Bloody ford! Hahah
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Great video, too much effort for my liking 😂
Thanks mate, yes hahah I know the feeling. Certainly a nuisance job 😂
Is there a video of putting it all back together?
Hey mate, unfortunately not but all I did was reverse the steps I did in pulling everything apart to put everything back together!
@@FordMercGuy cheers mate👍
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
@@FordMercGuy definetley mate, will be grabbing a new t5 globe tomorrow. Thanks again mate. Appreciate it 👍
No dramas mate. Glove up so you don't get finger oils on the bulb so it doesn't blow prematurely
omg this is great I just got a new chrome one for my bf, gotta install it
Thanks mate! Nice, bling bling. Will be worth the effort!
Fantastic..
Thanks amigo!
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
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.
How'd you go with it
Where do you get the new surround ? I can’t find them anywhere
Hey mate I believe some are available online at eBay the one like I got was second-hand from the wreckers
Yo bro, does the assembly have the electronics in it? My select shift is buggered so wondering if a swap out would fix
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.
@@FordMercGuy ezpz cheers for quick reply
No dramas mate. Take yours off and give everything a good clean. You never know, maybe some debris stopping rjf mechanism moving/working well.
Where did you buy the new plate
Hey mate 2nd hand from wreckers.
can u pull the auto trans cable with just doing this??
Hi mate I'm unsure best to be safe and not pull too hard during the process
Thanks mate good video i need to do this on my Fairlane and snap in new cigarette lighter while I’m there…..
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?
@@FordMercGuy yup thanks saw that but i think on the Fairlane they put a bulb in from factory - will double check
Ah yes makes sense
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.
Agreed mate I guess it was a combination of cost cutting and also trying a new layering that ford had never used before
@@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.
Do you think it'd be possible to remove the surround and replace with a leather boot to give at manual shifter look?
Anything is possible, but this may look a bit fiddly being such a long gear shift position park to drive and sports shift positions.
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.
Give the area a good clean mate maybe you will get lucky and free up gunk that is jamming it
@@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?
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?
@@FordMercGuy Yeah bro shot bro I'll check it out.
Can’t remove the handbrake cover trim for the life of me, it’s like it was super glued on
Woah perhaps yours has never been removed in its life an seized on, or yep someone glued it on hahahah
@@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
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?
@@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
How annoying hey!
Wish I found this about 2hrs ago before I pulled everything out
Ah dayum, shieet! Atleast you've got the knowledge for next time 👊
did you watch a certain youtube video instructing to pull out dashboard?
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 🤪
Measure twice before cutting research before destroying
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.
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!
Shouldn't be so many screws involved.
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.
@@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
@@shaneroser6235 he did that.
@@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...
Good on you mate I'm sure it will help someone else
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.
And unfortunately for the next generation these cars being so brittle will be very annoying to work on
Fords seem to have the worst plastics used for interior parts.
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
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 👊👊
@@FordMercGuy stupid design
I’ve got a Ute can believe the process for the fuel pump 😡
Ahh the drilling through the floor to access it??
@@FordMercGuy apparently it’s not easy either cross bar there
Also my dash lights are dull have you done a video on replacing globes ?
Cross Bar too? Jeez bloody ford. The dash and speedo lighting is all LED. No easy way to change them unfortunately
can i ask why you sound aussie but looks like your hands are Indian? :)
Isn't the mixing of the world great? It's these Persian hands born and bred in Australia 😜
@@FordMercGuy in small amounts not mass immigration yes :)
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.
Yeahh bloody nightmare!! Proper tetris
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.