Re: [Chrysler300] Disconnecting a Torqueflite cable

[Keith Boonstra <kboonstra@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, my body guy (who can't stand grease - but he's an ace with the 
paint) is giving up on the fiddling with a screwdriver.  He's going to 
crawl under and drop the Torqueflite pan to see how the darn cable releases.

Keith Boonstra

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Larry Jabin wrote:
>  
>
> Thanks
>
> Any Tips on putting it back together
>
> Larry Jabin
>
> San Francisco, CA 94111
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> <mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of John Fowlie
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 3:58 PM
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> Subject: [Chrysler300] Disconnecting a Torqueflite cable
>
> On '57-'58 cast iron torqueflites, the cable is removed by unscrewing the
> small pipe plug in the aluminum tower where the shift cable enters the
> transmission. Inside this tower, is a short metal tube that is 
> connected to
> the shift detent itself. There is a slot cut into the reverse side of this
> small tube, and a spring is coiled around the tube, with a flat side 
> at one
> end. The flat on the end of the spring resides within the slot in the 
> tube,
> and retains the cable end where it has a groove cut into it.
>
> To remove the cable, disconnect the adjuster slide bracket at the tower,
> pull the cable housing out all the way, and look in the hole where you
> removed the pipe plug. The flat end of the spring should be visible, 
> and by
> simply pushing it towards the transmission with a small screwdriver, 
> it will
> release the cable from its groove and you can pull it out.
>
> Hope this helps, John
>
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