[FC] Odometer update & PG shift cable

[Ken Hand]

??? The cable should have a little resistance to it, maybe more than you can do with your hand, installed in the vehicle. Out of the vehicle and the cable straight you should be able to move it fairly freely with your hands.


Ken Hand
248-613-8586
www.corvairmechanic.com 


-----Original Message-----
From: vair65 at netzero.net <vair65 at netzero.net>
To: corvanatics at corvair.org
Sent: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:40 pm
Subject: [FC] Odometer update & PG shift cable



Group,
While looking into the PG shift cable, I took the dash out to check the lever 
and make sure nothing was bent.  More on that later.  The odometer is working 
all the way up to the numbers.  The gear on the tenths is missing its teeth on 
the nine.  Looks like I will need to find one.
With that solved I was back to looking into the  PG shift cable.  It has been 
slowly getting worse.  This morning it would hardly move and when it did I 
almost couldn't get it into reverse.  So this made me look into what was going 
on.  Once I had the dash out I discovered that the defroster duct was hanging 
down into the shift lever mechinism.  Hoping for the best I removed the duct, 
and tried the lever.  No luck.  I then removed the cable from the lever and 
tried the lever.  It moved very smoothly so at least it is not there.  It looks 
like either the cable is bad or something in the transmission is blocking 
movement.  I will remove the cable at the transmission and see how easy it is to 
move the cable with nothing hooked up to it.  Question is how easy should it 
move?  Is there enough resistance that I will not be able to move the cable in 
the casing with my fingers?
Thanks,
Keith Hammett
'62 Rampside in Group Red again :(

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