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This morning on my way to the assignment for the day as I went to shift from 2nd to 3rd the shift lever moved, but the car stayed in second gear. After attempting to drive a short distance on the freeway stuck in 2nd gear, I found a place to stop and hang the shift cable end back onto the shift tower and hold it back in place with a plastic wire tie.
I was only two minutes late for my appointment.
So I guess it's time to break down and buy a new shift cable instead of trying to find a way to make the obsolete parts work.
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Jim,
I'd also look into how much internal binding the shift forks have on the shafts. You will have to pull the shift tower but that isn't hard at all and you can inspect all three.
It is almost always a sign of the metal particle deposition on the bearing material causing the binding when a cable goes out.
You should be able to shift those forks by hand with a little effort when the tower is out of the transmission. If this has happened then it will probably only get worse and you'll break another cable. Chances are you won't be able to budge the 1-2 shift fork with your fingers.
One important point to note is that you broke the up/down shift cable (forward/back movement). THis cable is the one that takes the load of actually moving the forks, the left to right moving cable only positions the actuator on the right fork and has no heavy load.
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Originally posted by warmonger:
Jim,
I'd also look into how much internal binding the shift forks have on the shafts. You will have to pull the shift tower but that isn't hard at all and you can inspect all three.
It is almost always a sign of the metal particle deposition on the bearing material causing the binding when a cable goes out.
You should be able to shift those forks by hand with a little effort when the tower is out of the transmission. If this has happened then it will probably only get worse and you'll break another cable. Chances are you won't be able to budge the 1-2 shift fork with your fingers.
One important point to note is that you broke the up/down shift cable (forward/back movement). THis cable is the one that takes the load of actually moving the forks, the left to right moving cable only positions the actuator on the right fork and has no heavy load.
I can shift it by hand very easily from under the hood with the cables disconnected (actually with the cables connected as well). I'm sure the forks are not binding.
Also, the cable didn't break. The rubber bushing in the cable end wore out and would no longer stay attached to the trans tower lever. All I need is the rubber bushing, but it is not available by itself and the cable end is also no longer available from Ford. On top of all that, the replacement cable is not as strong as the one that is in there now.
I though of trying to find a way to make some sort of bushing (rubber, plastic, or ?) but decided that it wouldn't be worth the trouble and would be too experimental.
Everything actually works pretty well with the cable held in place with a zip tie, but that is only temperary.
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Does anyone have the new contact info for Bill Jenkins?
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I don't believe he's left it, yet.
the "bill j. moving??" thread has, IIRC, a number for him, but not an 800 number yet.
I belive its just the team ford parts counter.. you can call that and ask for Bill?
Steve at Tousley is another option, if all else fails.
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For now: 702-395-5100, just ask for me. Or email me bjenkins@teamfordlv.com which is the quickest way right now. Thanks!
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Originally posted by RogerB:
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I just got off the phone with Bill Jenkins. He says that the cable ends are still available. I should have them by the weekend. This will be a lot less money and a lot less labor than changing the entire shift cable.
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