JC
Active Member
Does $540 (including maintanence) sound right to replace the broken shifter cable fromt he **** all the way to the tranni? Its at a Ford Dealership right now... and thats what they are going to charge me if I agree to it. Thanks.
Broken Shifter Cable
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Ishodu
SHO Member
I wouldn't do that. There should be tonnes of used shifter cables around. And you could also upgrade to a rod shifter for around 150 dollars for a used one.
JC
Active Member
Well they said the cable was roughly $200 or so, the rest is labor. What advantages does the rod shifter have over the cable?
Ishodu
SHO Member
No more broken cables, shorter shifter, better feel to the shifts. To name a few. Will only take about 1 hour or so to install.
JC
Active Member
Hmm, is it hard to install? Is it something I could do in my garage?
Ishodu
SHO Member
Defiantly you could do it at home with tools and some know how. Try a search on this it should come up with some better answers than i can give you.
Ishodu
SHO Member
Btw it was 91.5 ford started to install these on all MTX SHO's.
SHO_Driver
New Member
It also depends where the cable broke. They have a tendency to pop off at the transmission linkage. Some of us just wire tie it back into place. I also wrapped some hard wire around it, shifting fine for the last 2 years.
tripleblack90
SRT Owner
thats the route i went, my linkage popped off last week, i wrapped some 19 gauge wire around it and its been fine, but if the linkage broke, definitely look for a rod shifter
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