I just installed my engine and tranny back in my car. I hooked up the shift cable( I have a center console with horseshoe shifter). It shifts fine but is a little tight going back in park. Almost like the cable is a little too long. The tranny is in park but the shifter isn't back to where it locks without forcing it a little further forward.

This is the same tranny and cable that was working in the car before I pulled it. How can I adjust this cable? I have never worked on a car with this type of shifter and thought I would ask before I tear into the console.


Thanks.

Some of the adjustment can be made on the shifter itself where the cable attaches. It will give you some back and fourth adjustment. Not knowing what your cable looks like I would have to presume it is like mine. Does the cable anchor to a bracket attached to the oil pan. If it does, there is some adjustment back and fourth there as well by moving the mounting nuts on the cable end. If you need the cable to be effectively lengthened or shortend, you'll have to adjust the bell crank. Sometimes the bellcrank (shift lever on the transmission) has two holes for mounting the cable end. Sounds like you need a hole closer to the shifter shaft. Otherwise, you may have the wrong bellcrank on there and need to change it for a shorter one. A shorter bellcrank will allow the shifter / cable to move farther and reduce the angular movement of the bellcrank. Lengthing the bellcrank would mean the cable moves less distance for a given angular stroke. Does that make sense?

My cable attaches to the tranny on the side of the tranny housing, not the pan. The bracket has round holes in it with no adjustment. It worked fine before I removed it and I am using all the old parts. I am doing a frame off so alot of things may have moved though.


You are right it looks to be one hole length off . When I stick the cable up to the gear selector lever on the tranny it is exactly one hole off

What I mean is when my shift cable is up next to the gear selector lever on the tranny, the hole in the cable is just toward the engine side of the pin where it attaches.

If I were to drill a hole in my cable right behind the original hole it would fit perfect. I'm not going to do this I"m just trying to explain it.

So can I adjust this out? If so how?