Transmission Cable!

[probmxer426]

I was shifting today adn my transmission cable broke. What is the easiet way i can replace it. Would anyone recomend I take it to a shop or should I just do it myself. I have a lincoln mark 7 that has a mustang 5.0 HO and an AOD transmission. I recently bought a B&M shift kit, but have not started installing it yet. How easy would this be and can you give me some directions or pointers? I Appreciate all the input I can get.

[dampachi]

You mean your clutch cable? But later on you said you have an auto tranny...

[macx]

I've got an 89 LSC also, just had the trans out and
rebuilt/upgraded it.

Here's what my factory service manual says about
the cable:

To remove, you have to get under the car.

Remove nut retaining cable to trans shifter arm.
(First, be sure to mark the location of the nut on
the arm by drawing a circle closely around it. Also
good to do this in the OD position if you can.)

Remove the clip retaining the cable in the cable bracket.
(This is on the driver side of the trans, under the car.)

Remove center console top trim panel.

Unsnap the cable from the shifter arm.

Remove clip retaining the cable to shifter and remove cable.

Installing it is the reverse.

To check adjustment, after you install the new cable,
put the shift lever in OD, near the detent toward the
rear of the OD position if you can feel it. The put the
trans shifter lever in the OD position. That hopefully
should match the same spot for the nut.

I'd be "wary" of that B&M kit, a lot of guys on www.corral.net
have reported bad experiences with it. The best kit going
is the www.baumannengineering.com kit, I've had 2 of them.
They don't do things to the valve body that can damage the
transmission, and it's adjustable for different levels of shift
firmness.

Here's some info on AOD's

http://www.lincolnsonline.com/article80.html
http://www.lincolnsonline.com/article111.html

The last one is the main one for AOD's.

[probmxer426]

Thank you for your information on the tranmission cable replacement. I just got done replacing it and checking it and it is working very well. I got the shift kit in and its working out for now. I will probably go with the kit that you recommended next month. It it on order from the parts store right now. Thanks again for all of your help.

Originally Posted by macx

I've got an 89 LSC also, just had the trans out and
rebuilt/upgraded it.

Here's what my factory service manual says about
the cable:

To remove, you have to get under the car.

Remove nut retaining cable to trans shifter arm.
(First, be sure to mark the location of the nut on
the arm by drawing a circle closely around it. Also
good to do this in the OD position if you can.)

Remove the clip retaining the cable in the cable bracket.
(This is on the driver side of the trans, under the car.)

Remove center console top trim panel.

Unsnap the cable from the shifter arm.

Remove clip retaining the cable to shifter and remove cable.

Installing it is the reverse.

To check adjustment, after you install the new cable,
put the shift lever in OD, near the detent toward the
rear of the OD position if you can feel it. The put the
trans shifter lever in the OD position. That hopefully
should match the same spot for the nut.

I'd be "wary" of that B&M kit, a lot of guys on www.corral.net
have reported bad experiences with it. The best kit going
is the www.baumannengineering.com kit, I've had 2 of them.
They don't do things to the valve body that can damage the
transmission, and it's adjustable for different levels of shift
firmness.

Here's some info on AOD's

http://www.lincolnsonline.com/article80.html
http://www.lincolnsonline.com/article111.html

The last one is the main one for AOD's.