Re: Pushbuttons suddenly inop!

[Bob <64ragtop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the reply Steve.  In that "next best ground" situation, whichever cable was providing that ground would weld its' inner cable to the metal sheath. 
This would have happened when I started the car that next morning and since the park cable still works any of the remaining three could be the culprit.  If the buttons don't work with the shift cable disconnected the culprit is found and a new shift cable is needed.  At any rate, I'll need to be sure of proper ground path from the battery to the engine.  Maybe a starter bolt would be better, since the best starter current is the shortest that can be arranged, with clean terminal connections.. 

I appreciate the guidance, and know where to find a new shift cable should I need one.

Thanks again!

BC
 

On 4/21/2014 3:07 PM, stevec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi Bob,

    My apologies, I had replied to you personally off-list but apparently the message got snagged somewhere in the web.

    We see this once in a while - if the engine is not well grounded to the chassis/battery, when the starter is energized it looks for the next-best ground, which is usually the shift or park cable, the speedo cable, or even the throttle cable.  Where there is an instant cable lock-up, this is almost always the case.

    Add in the intermittent start problem you had before the cable froze, and I'm pretty confident that this was the case.  I'd take the cable out of the transmission, that should tell the story.

Steve

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 Pushbuttons suddenly inop! (WAS: Dang - I did it again)

Bob <64ragtop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Apr 15 07:47PM -0500  

Thanks for the pictures, Rich. My 64ragtop has been waiting for me to
get to work on the sudden lockup of the pushbuttons. I'd been having
intermittent NO START events, but working the pushbuttons cleared the
problem several times. I just figured adjusting the shift cable would
fix it, like several others have reported with neutral safety switch
issues. Then one day, I started the car and none of the pushbuttons
would work. No problem with the park lever, but that's a whole 'nother
area.
  

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