Automatic Shift Cable replacement

wolf · Postby **wolf** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:09 am

Has anyone undertaken this lovely little task?, can't find references to it any of my disks, so any any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Rich

Gordon@1962 · Postby **Gordon@1962** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:04 pm

WOLF

Sorry this is not a reply to your post as I was really just admiring your avatar!!

Police Fund

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nice one

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ptjs1 · Postby **ptjs1** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:05 pm

Wolf,

What year car & engine?

Paul

wolf · Postby **wolf** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:17 pm

Hi Paul

Its a 1987/1988 5.3 V12, auto box obviously

Cheers Rich

bokapita · Postby **bokapita** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:16 am

"Its a 1987/1988 5.3 V12"

It is not too bad if you can get under the car OK, eg a lift. The cable is attached to the gear selector by nuts and is easy to undo if the centre console is removed. The cable goes down through the shell through a grommet on the passenger side, and attaches to the passenger side of the gearbox (UK models' side). The hard bit is getting the cable unattached from the gearbox end. You may in the end have to take off the LHS exhaust pipe to get enough access.

The hard bit is getting the outer of the cable detatched. It is held by a bracket towards the tail of the 'box, and the bolt which traps the cable outer is undone from ABOVE! You can just get a small rachet on top to undo it, going by feel, but if you cannot manage it, the tail of the box has to be dropped to get access.