Re: [DML] Can't Get Reverse With My D Manual Transmission (DMC Joe)

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On the shift gate cable topic, here's a neat little mod:

You know the triangular bracket that holds it from above the
transmission housing (the one with the 8mm Bolt From Hell)...

Per factory design, that bracket can not be re-installed without first
running the shift gate cable through it endwise (assuming you leave
the cable attached to the shift lever). But it's then nearly
impossible to re-install the bracket (8mm Bolt From Hell). The bracket
does have a sideways access slot already cut into it -- it's just a
*FRACTION* too small to slip the threaded portion of the shift gate
cable through.

Modification: While the transmission is out of the car, file that
access slot just a little bit wider (wide enough for the shift gate
cable to slip through). Do the same with the access slot in the long
bracket that holds it from below. You can now easily attach the
triangular bracket while the 8mm Bolt From Hell is accessible with the
transmission on the ground. Re-install the transmission with that
bracket already in place, slip the shift gate cable sideways into it
through the widened access slot, then secure it from below with the
other bracket. 

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "DMC Joe" <dmcjoe@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> Mike,
> 
> Your problem is related to the operation of the "crossgate cable"
4/2/0 #34
> and or its associated linkage.
> If this cable should move freely when selecting either reverse or
5th gear.
> The cable and associated linkage is accessible from under the car.
> 
> Reference information can be found in the workshop manual F:07:01.
>  
> DMC Joe 
> 









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