<VV> PG Cable

Frank DuVal corvairduval at cox.net
Sat Mar 1 10:04:04 EST 2008


Is there a source for several hundred affordable PG cables left?

If not, band aids will do.

At least until the fluid comes out the end at the dash shifter.  :-)

Personally I have not had any shifting problems on band-aided cables. Or 
leaky ones for that matter until the fliud level falls.

Frank DuVal

John Kepler wrote:

>I've been watching this thread develop for a couple of days, and simply have
>to interject an "Unpleasant Truth".  
>
>Cables are funny things, and a PG shift cable is no exception.  A PG cable
>that's leaking tranny fluid has other, more profound problems than the
>addition of exterior sealing tape is going to fix!  It is, quite literally,
>applying a "Band-Aid" to an arterial bleed!
>
>That cable has the exterior plastic sheath, the steel-coil body, AND an
>interior plastic sheath.  If the cable is leaking, it is because the
>interior sheath has also worn and/or broken....not just the visible exterior
>sheath.  This not only allows tranny fluid to leak out of the cable, but
>defacto LENGTHENS the cable itself.  This effective lengthening of the cable
>screws up the alignment and locational control of the Manual Valve inside
>the PG, usually more than the internal adjustment can compensate for.  That
>misalignment and/or "looseness" of the Manual Valve can then generate a
>whole spectrum of "goofy" PG operating/shifting anomalies.
>
>Short version:  A leaking PG shift cable usually needs replacement, not
>sticky tape!
>
>John
>
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