Gear shift indicator broken - fix?

[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.