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not going into gear

Jamboy

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lately i have been having trouble with shifting into 1st and 2nd gear. To get it into 2nd i have to play with it until it goes into gear and it wont go into 1st gear unless it already in 2nd. 3rd, 4th, 5th, and reverse all work fine. Also i did just purchase a short shiftier, it same as stock but 2in shorter; people have been telling that was the cause. Could someone help me with this?
 
Post year car to know which style shift cable you have? There are two kinds of shift cables for contour. Slightly different procedures to adjust them. At the transmission is the adjuster mechanism built into the cable ends.

You want to adjust the upper cable with the smaller cable end. I believe you want to make it shorter if these gears are on the cables pull stroke.
 
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