Posting this one to keep from hijacking another unrelated thread.
It will be another couple of weekends until I have the time to dig into it but maybe I can get some ideas on what I broke before I get back into it.
I'm pretty sure I caused the problem myself.
What it does is the column shifter on my 91 MGM will only shift the transmission into P R N OD.
Can't get D or 1.
If I disconnect the shift cable at the trans and move the lever at the trans by hand it moves through all the gears.
With the cable disconnected if someone moves the column shifter through each position the cable does not move with every movement of the column shifter. The cable only moves 3 times: P-R, R-N, N-OD.
How did I break it you ask?
Well when I got the car back in October 2012 I had to swap the trans since it only had 1st and 2nd. The column shifter worked as it should before I did the trans swap.
After swapping from my 89 MGM I tried to make the trans shift lever work but was unable to get the trans to go into P or R, but if I really jammed the column shifter up into P the trans would go to reverse (I'm not sure why I do things that I know are a bad idea ).
I figured out that I needed the original trans shift lever for each car so I swapped both and the 89 works perfect now but the 91 works as described above.
The trans shifts right, the issue is somewhere between the column shifter and shift cable.
Some pics:
Trans in Park:
Trans in Reverse:
The trans will stay in Reverse through the whole range from R just about to OD.
Both of these pics the trans is still in reverse:
The trans in Neutral:
The trans in Over Drive:
I should have taken pics to see how much movement I get in the other positions, I'll have to do that tomorrow.
Hmmm, now that I've sat down and wrote this all down, where I really need to start is at the bottom of the shift tube where the shift cable is connected.
I've been down there before, the plate/bracket the cable is attached to is attached with 2 or 3 torx screws which were all tight.
I'll report back once I get a chance to look at it some more.
It will be another couple of weekends until I have the time to dig into it but maybe I can get some ideas on what I broke before I get back into it.
I'm pretty sure I caused the problem myself.
What it does is the column shifter on my 91 MGM will only shift the transmission into P R N OD.
Can't get D or 1.
If I disconnect the shift cable at the trans and move the lever at the trans by hand it moves through all the gears.
With the cable disconnected if someone moves the column shifter through each position the cable does not move with every movement of the column shifter. The cable only moves 3 times: P-R, R-N, N-OD.
How did I break it you ask?
Well when I got the car back in October 2012 I had to swap the trans since it only had 1st and 2nd. The column shifter worked as it should before I did the trans swap.
After swapping from my 89 MGM I tried to make the trans shift lever work but was unable to get the trans to go into P or R, but if I really jammed the column shifter up into P the trans would go to reverse (I'm not sure why I do things that I know are a bad idea ).
I figured out that I needed the original trans shift lever for each car so I swapped both and the 89 works perfect now but the 91 works as described above.
The trans shifts right, the issue is somewhere between the column shifter and shift cable.
Some pics:
Trans in Park:
Trans in Reverse:
The trans will stay in Reverse through the whole range from R just about to OD.
Both of these pics the trans is still in reverse:
The trans in Neutral:
The trans in Over Drive:
I should have taken pics to see how much movement I get in the other positions, I'll have to do that tomorrow.
Hmmm, now that I've sat down and wrote this all down, where I really need to start is at the bottom of the shift tube where the shift cable is connected.
I've been down there before, the plate/bracket the cable is attached to is attached with 2 or 3 torx screws which were all tight.
I'll report back once I get a chance to look at it some more.
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