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I went back and added an image to my post, but looks like it stuck it in the middle of the text. You should be able to type the web address at the bottom of the image into your computer and access the 410 parts manual for more of the transmission parts breakdown. if you can look at a 320 factory parts manual, you probably will only find the column shift trany. The floor shift was used in the last year or so of production fo the 320 and also in the 410 sedan and the first half yar of the 520 pickup that replaced the 320. If you're gonna be doing serious wrenching around on these relics, I'd advise accessing the parts and service manuals for all the old Datsuns on the NICO site. here's a link to the manuals page. Just do the dropdown for the 320 and you can open the service and parts manuals. To find the floor shift trans as I stated before, you'll probably need to look in the 410 sedan or 520 pickup tab. I'd suggest that you run a 'Want To Buy' ad in the classifieds page of this forum for the shifter parts that you need. You are a bit lucky being in the Pacific NW where a lot of the old Datsun stuff has survived better than the rest of the country. https://www.nicoclub.com/datsun-service-manuals

The threaded thingie is a front crank bolt that holds the pulley on and the left side of it accepts the crank for hand starting the little E1 engine. As far as the shifter, you're missing the shift rod and spring that goes on lower end of shift rod under the cupped washer and retaining dome that you do have. the lower end of the shift rod has a tang on it that operates the gear selector rods inside the transmission. Also theres a dowel pin in the ball that seats under the cupped washer that keeps the shift rod that you're missing from rotating. The shift rod that you need can also be installed backward pointing toward the dash.

Here's a pic of my spare trans tailshaft. This one was out of a 520 in Idaho. The trany that I sourced from Ted H. and swaped in bout 12 years ago is a 320 and was drilled on the side pads. If I ever own another 320 (still have the NL) and it's column-shift, changing to floor-shift the first upgrade that I'd do.

The trans above that Mike posted came out of a 320 as evidenced by the tail-shaft housing drilled on the side bosses for the rear mounts. You can just barely see the boss on the bottom of the tail housing that is in line (front to back) with the side-mount bosses. If it were a 520 trany the bottom boss would be machined and drilled for the rear mount and the side bosses wouldn't be drilled. Attached photo is a trany out of an early 520; note the undrilled side boss and you can barely see a bolt head in the bottom boss. The first six months of 520 had the same basic trany as the 320 floor-shift truck except for the rear mount. I have a back-up trany out of a 520 for our NL320. I don't know if they had the same ratios.

Visit my old thread when U got a few minutes to spare. I have a shorter thread on NICO.

The NICO site has been pretty lame and lethargic for the older Datsuns for a bit but if you are trying to bringing an old 320 back to life and have a bit of spare time, there are some good threads in the 320 forum with lots of good info from hands-on enthusiasts. Pay particular attention to the posts by 'Lil Truckie'.

I'd bet ol' Platster would take that honey 'Noodlin' and probe into the problem !!

Open this link to NICO manuals and hit the + on Datsun 320 tab and you can open PDF files for shop & parts manuals. Save the links or print out wanted pages. https://www.nicoclub.com/datsun-service-manuals

To view diagrams/parts manual for the 320 floor-shift, you need to visit the parts manual for the 520 pickup which used the same trany as the 320 up to Sept 1965 when it changed over to the trany with the bottom plate. I've added a link below to the manual that is on the NICO forum site. For the trany case scroll down to page 383; for internals scroll to page 469; and for the shifter housing & parts visit page 487. The 520 pickup also used the same basic engine as the E1 which is the J13 up to 1968/69 when replaced by the 521 pickup that used the OHC slanted engine. https://www.nicoclub.com/service-manual?fsm=520_521%2F520_521_Datsun_Truck_Parts_Catalog.pdf

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