Got car fixed..broke clutch cable

[Frank T]

We were driving down to Irvine last Saturday morning...Traffic was slowing just before the 405, we were on the 101..Came to a stand still..shifted from 1st to 2nd, no problem..tried to go from 2nd to 3rd..BLAM...nothing..had no neutral and could only go from 1st to 2nd...pulled off on Balboa and Burbank..had it flat-bedded to Vista Ford in Oxnard..Just got the car back Thrusday afternoon...Only have 92,500 miles on the car..guess it could have been worst..............

[1slosnake]

We were driving down to Irvine last Saturday morning...Traffic was slowing just before the 405, we were on the 101..Came to a stand still..shifted from 1st to 2nd, no problem..tried to go from 2nd to 3rd..BLAM...nothing..had no neutral and could only go from 1st to 2nd...pulled off on Balboa and Burbank..had it flat-bedded to Vista Ford in Oxnard..Just got the car back Thrusday afternoon...Only have 92,500 miles on the car..guess it could have been worst..............

The CSVT's come with a hydraulic clutch. Is that what the dealership told you they did?

[Big Jim]

Frank,

You may find the following thread very informative.

http://www.contour.org/ubbthreads/sh...ue#Post1016661

Also there are three other closely related threads that show up (this one didn't) with a search in the old forums under the title of "it finally happened". They were later follow ups with additional information on part numbers and the like.

[Frank T]

Jim, Thanks for posting your old post....Car is running great...shift smooth now....