The shift indicator on my 89 Town Car is misaligned (reads N when actually in OD, etc.) due to the white collar around the steering column being broken. It's something I'm used to and it doesn't bother me at all, but it would be a nice thing to have fixed since it seems simple enough to repair. Both the salvage yards I've been to refused to sell me just the white collar and told me that I would have to buy the entire analog instrument cluster. Is this true? How have people fixed it in the past? Is there a way to order the part individually? I'm considering just using zipties around the collar to see if it makes it better.
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1989 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series | 249k miles, current project car
2018 BMW 430i xDrive M-Sport | 50k miles
2018 Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport | 97k miles -
Think I used a hose clamp to keep one of mine togeatherScars are tatoos of the fearless -
fix it with a zip tie
1986 lincoln towncar signature series. 5.0 HO with thumper performance ported e7 heads, 1.7 roller rockers, warm air intake, 65mm throttle body, 1/2" intake spacer, ported intakes, 3.73 rear with trac lock, 98-02 front brake conversion, 92-97 rear disc conversion, 1" rear swaybar, 1 3/16" front swaybar, 16" wheels and tires, loud ass stereo system, badass cb, best time to date 15.94 at 87 mph. lots of mods in the works 221.8 rwhp 278 rwt
2006 Lincoln Town Car Signature. Stock for now
1989 Ford F-250 4x4 much much more to come, sefi converted so far.
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1987 TriBurner and 1986 Alaska stokers keeping me warm. (and some pesky oil heat)
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Originally posted by Lincolnmania View Post
99.9% of those things are broken, and the ones that are still good probably won't be for long.
Licolnmania ir right, use a zip tie!!Comment
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Until you find the ziptie breaks it into even more pieces.Originally posted by mcninetyone View Post
I got my shift indicator cable from Ford. Brandy new. I've found a couple of them that aren't broken. I still have one of them on a 140 speedo cluster...Comment
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How much is it for the cable? (and the collar) I might see if any salvage yards have them, but I'll have to see if they'll sell it to me without making me buy the whole gauge cluster.
1989 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series | 249k miles, current project car
2018 BMW 430i xDrive M-Sport | 50k miles
2018 Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport | 97k milesComment
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I took another look at the white collar and I can't see how a ziptie would fit around there. The whole thing isn't completely circular since the ends stick out where they are screwed together. How have you guys gotten around this problem?
1989 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series | 249k miles, current project car
2018 BMW 430i xDrive M-Sport | 50k miles
2018 Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport | 97k milesComment
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wedge the ziptie between the cable and that upright fin and just get as much of the rest of it as you can.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
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Originally posted by gadget73
... and it should all work like magic and unicorns and stuff.
Originally posted by dmccaig
Overhead, some poor bastards are flying in airplanes.Comment
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I used a dremel to cut a square into the plastic ridges so I could slide the ziptie through the plastic and not have it go anywhere on a spare shift indicator cable I have on hand.~David~
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Originally posted by ootdega
My life is a long series of "nevermind" and "I guess not."
Originally posted by DerekTheGreat
But, that's just coming from me, this site's biggest pessimist. Best of luck
Originally posted by gadget73
my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.
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