DangerCell
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Cape Cod
New XJ owner
1998 4.0 6 cyl with 128k miles, AW4 automatic trans (me thinks), NP231 transfer case, 3" lift
Half mile into my ride home from picking it up the shifter cable failed (luckily stuck in D...would have been a looong 60 miles home if it was stuck in 2nd or, gulp, reverse). And luckily I did not have to take a piss too bad on way LOL
It failed simply by cable popping out of the plastic end/terminal that attaches to the shift lever on the transmission.
Thought easy fix...circlip or something. HA! That plastic thing snapped when i attempted to just push it back in...
Apparently I need to buy and install a whole new shift cable???? Not terribly expensive...just assuming major PITA taking out console and routing new cable through firewall...
Is there no other solution?
Perfectly good cable. Is there another fix anyone has done???
Was thinking of threading the cable end, drilling a tiny hole through "nipple" on shift lever, then going to hardware store and getting a lil L bracket, a lil cotter pin, a washer, and nut to rig something up to attach cable end to the shift lever.
In Summary:
1. Has anyone found a good way to fix this problem?
2. Anyone out there ever install a new shift cable that can give a noob the step by step???
Help greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
1998 4.0 6 cyl with 128k miles, AW4 automatic trans (me thinks), NP231 transfer case, 3" lift
Half mile into my ride home from picking it up the shifter cable failed (luckily stuck in D...would have been a looong 60 miles home if it was stuck in 2nd or, gulp, reverse). And luckily I did not have to take a piss too bad on way LOL
It failed simply by cable popping out of the plastic end/terminal that attaches to the shift lever on the transmission.
Thought easy fix...circlip or something. HA! That plastic thing snapped when i attempted to just push it back in...
Apparently I need to buy and install a whole new shift cable???? Not terribly expensive...just assuming major PITA taking out console and routing new cable through firewall...
Is there no other solution?
Perfectly good cable. Is there another fix anyone has done???
Was thinking of threading the cable end, drilling a tiny hole through "nipple" on shift lever, then going to hardware store and getting a lil L bracket, a lil cotter pin, a washer, and nut to rig something up to attach cable end to the shift lever.
In Summary:
1. Has anyone found a good way to fix this problem?
2. Anyone out there ever install a new shift cable that can give a noob the step by step???
Help greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!