Last summer I went to the pick and pull and found an old shifter in a 79 Sedan, still had a good boot on it and everything. I brought it home and put it in, just because it had a better boot on it.
I had no idea that the Pintos had this reverse lockout on it. I pulled out my old shifter (I keep everything that was original on the car) and took a look at it. Sure enough, the C-clip that holds the boot down had slid up the shaft. So I put the old clip on and I can now see exactly how this reverse lockout feature works.
I just got done fixing the shifter in the car (same problem, loose c-clip) and my gosh what a difference. To bad I can't rest my hand to the left and light up my backup lights while driving down the freeway now.
But really, this should definitely change the way I drive the car!
I would still love to see what pintony has in store for this fix, and will probably end up getting a "fix kit" from him to