burnt shifter cable
#1
burnt shifter cable
For the last few days my 2006 scab 5.4l has been shifting really sloppy and its been hard to find gears. Today we went for a drive, came back home and tried to start it again and it could not find any gears, or park or neutral. Then I found that my selector cable had burnt off from being too close to the exhaust manifold. So I'll order a new one and try to get it replaced. NBD. Right now its Sunday afternoon so I'm hooped for the moment
What bothers me is that I cant get the truck to start when I have both the column shifter and the transmission selector lever on the tranny itself in park or neutral. Why is it doing that? Will I continue to have problems once I replace the cable??
What bothers me is that I cant get the truck to start when I have both the column shifter and the transmission selector lever on the tranny itself in park or neutral. Why is it doing that? Will I continue to have problems once I replace the cable??
#3
EDIT: the little red cable is the indicator linkage.I don't think that is part of the problem.
EDIT: upon further tinkering, it seems that the gear sensor does not reset unless the key is on, so I had to cycle through the gears and then leave it in park with the key in before it would start.
Last edited by skelectrician; 07-27-2014 at 10:48 PM.
#4
Senior Member
Same thing happened to me. I had to crawl underneath and slide the linkage on the trans into park, everytime I got out of the truck for a week, until the part came in. If i remember correctly, you slide it towards the back of the truck. I could go through the gears one way, so i could still put it into drive, but the cable wouldn't pull the trans back into park.
When i reinstalled the new cable, i wrapped it in heat tape, where it was touching the exhaust. I also zip tied it up off the exhaust with a stainless tie.
When i reinstalled the new cable, i wrapped it in heat tape, where it was touching the exhaust. I also zip tied it up off the exhaust with a stainless tie.
#5
Senior Member
And make sure to unhook the battery when you are messing around in the steering column. You don't need that airbag going off unexpectedly.