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chevyman1978 -> 95 shifter cable (7/2/2008 9:51:43 AM)

i got a 95 chevy recently to fix up i keep breaking the shifter cable i was wondering if i put rig up the old steel fod ones to work maybe 1 of you have done this and can shed some light thank you?

  
shawnvw -> RE: 95 shifter cable (7/2/2008 12:57:42 PM)

quote:

if i put rig up the old steel fod ones to work maybe 1 of you have done this



can you maybe clean this up for us?....... hard to understand

chevyman1978 -> RE: 95 shifter cable (7/3/2008 12:40:38 AM)

sorry k u know in the 95 chevy truck it has a cable to shift gears and in the older chevs they had steel rods geared up to switch gears cani hook up the steel rods instead of using the cable as they keep breaking hope this is clearer now thank you

lpmZ71 -> RE: 95 shifter cable (7/3/2008 3:51:29 PM)

Chevyman,

I think the problem might be identified in the discription of your truck.

The ground wire from the engine to the body at the rear of the engine is most likely disconnected due to the body lift(wire not long enough).

Replace the ground strap with a longer wire and your shift cable problems should be gone.


Mike

shawnvw -> RE: 95 shifter cable (7/3/2008 6:20:35 PM)

I have never done anything like this before and would be interested to know if you can do it......

chevyman1978 -> RE: 95 shifter cable (7/3/2008 7:13:23 PM)

to mike ty for reply but a ground cable would not stop my shifter cable from breaking  i mean the cable itself breaks not a power or ground prob looked at a 91 chev this aftrnoon only thing  guy gotto do it drilll  a hole in the fire wall bout 1/2 inch cause the old shift rod goes through there so i gonna do it this week end and let u all know again  all for reply

EvansBlue -> RE: 95 shifter cable (7/3/2008 8:11:44 PM)

You talking about the linkage? I''m not exactly following with what you are saying...

chevyman1978 -> RE: 95 shifter cable (7/4/2008 3:49:09 AM)

yes from tranny to steering column

lpmZ71 -> RE: 95 shifter cable (7/4/2008 3:03:27 PM)

Chevyman,

A bad ground from the body to the engine will cause the shift cable to weld it self together and break.
The reason it does this is the voltage goes thru the shift cable causing it to heat up and strech than break,I has seen this happen lots of times.

Just converting to a solid shift linkage will just hide this probelm as the missing ground will start to show up thru other componets.

Mike

  

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