Cable Shifter.

[SHOspazz92]

Long story short, I went to put the 89 in to reverse and got nothing... Had to open up the center console to get it in to gear and limp home.




The missing link:





With that said, I do not want to upgrade to a Rod shifter, The cable shifter shifts fine. How do I go about finding this piece or fixing it?

-Sam

 

[Toolman]

There is a Mopar part number, I will need to look through my registry mags to find it. I am sure there is a memeber or two here that has the info handy though.

 

[Toolman]

And I agree, don't upgrade. Keep the 89s stock.

 

[jthod]

I've got a couple of the clips around. But they are pretty cheap, P/N 04340118. They come in a bag of 3 or so.

 

[jimtash]

And I agree, don't upgrade. Keep the 89s stock.

Why?

I did the upgrade but still have the original in a box.

 

[frosho]

Nice thumbnail. :vomit:

 

[Toolman]

Why?

I did the upgrade but still have the original in a box.

Clean stock 89's, there is just something nice and warm about them. I did not use to feel this way, I always felt a SHO, any SHO, was begging to be modified. But a clean 89, leave it alone IMO. Mine has wheels, but the weaves are in storage. Other than that and a y-pipe (which can also very easily be swapped back to a stocker), it is stock. But once you cut on it, which you have to do for a rod conversion, it can not be returned to stock. Again, just my opinion. But I have the luxury (or curse as it may be) of having other SHO's to modify.

 

[-DVP-]

Nothing wrong with a cable shifter. Ill be keeping mine unless im forced to swap.

 

[SHOspazz92]

So the Mopar Clips are the Fix for this problem?

-Sam

 

[shonuffmine]

Yep there is a few of us on here that dig the feel of the cable shifter set up.I have both n they have their own qualitys ,but for a stock SHO ,give me a cable shifter!!!!

 

[SHOtime2511]

I swaped a cable shifter back in my car,bent the rods up and threw them in the trash.
I prefer the dump truck like throws and 2 foot tall handle of the cable shifter.

 

[RonPorter]

Yep there is a few of us on here that dig the feel of the cable shifter set up.I have both n they have their own qualitys ,but for a stock SHO ,give me a cable shifter!!!!

Yep. I had the cable in the original '89 for 7 years and 100K miles, then did the rod shifter. Then blew the clutch at the strip on a 1-2-1 shift!!

Had a couple of gen 2s with rods after that, now both 89s have cables.

Rod shifter has a nice feel and the narrower gate, but I can't say I could shift it any faster. Just did a 1,000-mile round-trip in the white car this past week. Rod shifter feels fine for normal driving, plus doing 5-3 shifts for passing is easy with the wide gate.

I've got a rod shifter in the garage as an emergency backup, but I don't see ever needing it.

 

[RonPorter]

So the Mopar Clips are the Fix for this problem?

-Sam

As I've heard for many years. Never had to do it myself. Some guys cobble up something, but the clips seem to be pretty stable.

 

[marvsho17]

The mopar clip still wouldn't hold my shifter together. You may need to wrap the whole thing with a couple zip ties.

 

[TopGunnYFZ]

The mopar clip still wouldn't hold my shifter together. You may need to wrap the whole thing with a couple zip ties.

Thats what I did LOL It's working like a champ and I keep a couple on tap just incase.

I too like the cable shift and my 1G will be keeping it until I NEED it. I do have a rod shifter in the garage just incase.

 

[shopartsnw]

We are working on a replacement bushing or other quality way of fixing this problem. We should have something soon we hope.

Mike

 

[K-Dawg]

Sam, the bushing on my 91 disentegrated into many more pieces than yours, and the Mopar clip alone wouldn't secure it. I've got some zip-ties on it along with the clip for now, but I'm waiting for SHO Source's fix.

 

[SHOspazz92]

Well, I got the Clip...I'm kind of wondering how this thing is supposed to go in? Can someone guide me here?

-Sam

 

[K-Dawg]

I use it to hold the rod (from the transmission, with the big hole) on the shifter. It was a pain to get on, and it didn't fit perfect, but it should do what you need it to do.

 

[SHOspazz92]

I use it to hold the rod (from the transmission, with the big hole) on the shifter. It was a pain to get on, and it didn't fit perfect, but it should do what you need it to do.

Thanks Kelvin, I threw it on and zip tied it. It does the trick. I drove the car around with no problems and did a heavy 2-3 shift just to be sure. It will work until SHOsource comes with a fix. Also, I took out the Center Console just to have more room to put it on.

-Sam