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Originally posted by Big Jim:
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.
Haha! I'm sorry I didn't see this sooner. Mine failed in the exact manner as yours, entering highway going from 2nd to 3rd and got stuck in 2nd. Mine was also a bushing failure, I found bits of on the transmission.
I rigged mine by drilling out a large washer, running it through the lever and using a zip tie on the end. It actually held up very well! There was no bushing, only the plastic cable end around the lever, so there was a little more play.
I replaced the cable when I overhauled the transmission; the 3rd gear synchros were already going out when the bushing failed, and the new transmission had a different shift tower. I inspected it right before though; it was still fine, strong as ever.
I have a long history of shadetree repairs on appliances, electronics, cars, gadgetry. some weren't very pretty but I guarantee that they last. 
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DHL dropped of my order from Bill about an hour ago. That's really fast service.
Just for the record, the cable ends for the 98 MTX cable shifter is still available from Ford.
The entire cable assembly including ends is not. If the cable breaks, it has been updated with what may be the Cougar part number. So if you wear out the cable end you can still replace it by itself but if you break the cable you will need to replace the entire cable which will entail removing the consol from the inside as well as removing whatever you need to for access under the hood.
The part number for the cable end that is most prone to wear (the 1 to 2 and 3 to 4 etc gate) is F7RZ-7412-AA with a list price of $12.02 (CEG price $9.62).
The part number for the neutral gate cable is XS8Z-7412-GA with a list price of $9.65 (CEG price $7.72).
Moderator, you may want to add these part numbers to the stickies at the top of this forum to help save someone else so much grief.
Moderator, you may want to add these part numbers to the stickies at the top of this forum.
A very reasonable $5.00 was added for shipping.
Bill is truly our parts friend.
PS If the whole cable would have been needed, it would have only been about $80.00.
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And the adventure continues.
The old cable end would not come off without destroying it. I sawed it apart with a cut off wheel on my Dremel type tool.
There is a black plastic part of the cable end (not part of what gets replaced) that gets distorted with age and it would not slide out of the old cable end. It would not slide into the new cable end either. I found the high spot and dressed it up with a grinding wheel on the Dremel type tool.
After that I decided not to touch the neutral gate cable end until I absolutely had to.
My first instinct was to just remove the rubber bushing from the new cable end and transfer it to the old cable end while it was still on the car. It sure would have saved a lot of time. I should have listened to myself.
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FWIW I went through the same hassle of removing the old end. Oh and if you notice some grinding into certain gears don't automatically assume the worst; it is probably a mis-alignment of the end on the cable and an adjustment should remedy it.
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Originally posted by Big Jim:
My first instinct was to just remove the rubber bushing from the new cable end and transfer it to the old cable end while it was still on the car. It sure would have saved a lot of time. I should have listened to myself.
Jim i too had my rubber bushing come out on my cable end. I ordered the listed part number and removed the bushing from the end. I popped it into the old cable end and put it back onto the tower. Works good now. Thanks for the info! It took me maybe 20mins if that to install.
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Originally posted by Thinkmoto:
Originally posted by Big Jim:
My first instinct was to just remove the rubber bushing from the new cable end and transfer it to the old cable end while it was still on the car. It sure would have saved a lot of time. I should have listened to myself.
Jim i too had my rubber bushing come out on my cable end. I ordered the listed part number and removed the bushing from the end. I popped it into the old cable end and put it back onto the tower. Works good now. Thanks for the info! It took me maybe 20mins if that to install.
Thanks for the follow up. I thought it would work, and you confirmed it. I hope others with the 98 cable shifters pay attention to this.
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Originally posted by Big Jim:
Originally posted by Thinkmoto:
Originally posted by Big Jim:
My first instinct was to just remove the rubber bushing from the new cable end and transfer it to the old cable end while it was still on the car. It sure would have saved a lot of time. I should have listened to myself.
Jim i too had my rubber bushing come out on my cable end. I ordered the listed part number and removed the bushing from the end. I popped it into the old cable end and put it back onto the tower. Works good now. Thanks for the info! It took me maybe 20mins if that to install.
Thanks for the follow up. I thought it would work, and you confirmed it. I hope others with the 98 cable shifters pay attention to this.
No problem. Thank you for the part number!
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Sorry to bring up an old post, but is the plastic bushing the same on the shift tower as on the shifter? Can someone take a pic please because my one on the shifter is gone  and I do not want to replace the whole cable just the plastic bushing would be awesome
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Did you even search "cable ends?"  Hello!
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I just was lookin at that, and it kinda looks like the one on the right... 
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