<VV> Tape repair to leaking Powerglide shift cable sheath

[Anil Mittal]

Randy,

  I have used the fix you describe. What I did was disconnect the
cable at the PG end and pull it out. Use a lot of brake Kleen and
paper towels to get the cable spotless. Then you use a self
vulcanizing rubber tape to wrape the cable tightly. Make sure you
have at least a 50% overlap and you also stech the tape by about 25%.
I bought my tape at Home Depot in the plumbing section. This is NOT
any sort of electrical tape, it is sold in the plumbing section, just
ask someone at the Home Depot (if you can find them!). Good Luck.

Anil

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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 12:12:32 EST
From: JRVIDRINE at aol.com
Subject: <VV> Tape repair to leaking Powerglide shift cable sheath
(transmission fluid)
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
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Folks,

I am helping a fellow Corvair owner do some repair work on his 1961
700 4 
door sedan. We have a problem with the sheath on the shift cable
leaking in a 
couple of spots before you get to the tunnel cover. This appears to
be a couple 
of dimples where someone stressed this, perhaps with some pliers. I
seem to 
remember either seeing on VV or hearing from someone that they have
had some 
success in using a double backed (sticky on both sides) electrical
type tape 
in stopping transmission fluid leakage from the shift cable sheath.
Is that 
correct? If so, is there a particular type or brand of tape that is
best. If 
this can't be used (or doesn't work), we will have to undo the cable
inside the 
car at the dash and run a piece of shrink wrap down to the point we
have 
discovered is leaking. How difficult is that?

Randy Vidrine
Branch, LA 


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