vgb14

Hi,
My gear indicator has never worked - the needle does not move and remains all the way to the right. I took the instrument panel out and noticed that the cable that pulls the needle was broken (cut). It's not a big deal except every once in a while I accidentally drive in the "2" gear until I notice that the RPM's are too high. Does anyone have experience repairing one of these? Thanks for your help.

tempfixit

What year?

vgb14

Sorry. It's a 1993 Villager. Thanks.

tempfixit

I have not done any work on the steering column to date but hopefully this will help. I would go to a salvage yard to see if they have a compariable van and remove the cable before working on yours then you will know what needs to be done without breaking anything on yours.

Here is a link for the Factory Service Manual for the villager/quest:

http://www.nicoclub.com/FSM/

scroll down to quest, click on it and choose year.

Go to section ST, I believe this will help you with procedure to replace cable.

hope this helps

From what I have been reading it seems that you need to remove the cluster and lower the steering column to disconnect the cable from the selector plate.

vgb14

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, temp.