1badzee

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Okay, I just did a transmission swap (from a 700R4 to a 700R4) and for some stupid reason, the gear select cable is about a quarter of an inch (if that) too short from the gear select bracket on the transmission (that swivels and changes gears). Any ideas?


(THIS PIC IS NOT FROM MY CAR. I FOUND IT ON GOOGLE AND CIRCLED WHERE IT'S TOO SHORT)

LSWHO

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Try moving the gear selector in the car.

1badzee

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I tried it already. Won't budge on the tranny. Basically its one gear off. When the shifter (Inside the car) is in park, the tranny is in reverse. When the inside shifter is in reverse, the tranny is in neutral. And so on and so forth. The cable is just not long enough for some reason to reach into park on the tranny.

LSWHO

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I assume you already have the tranny mount in place?
Could the cable be caught on anything?
Could it not have been routed correctly?

LSWHO

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And you are SURE the tranny is in park?

1badzee

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There is no routing of the cable. It drops from the interior of the car straight down and that bracket bolts up the the tranny pan and then it goes to the gear select on the tranny. The problem is after the bracket (where I circled in the pic). The rest of the cable is fine

LSWHO

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I figured. It's been a while since I've been down there.

???

LSWHO

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There's nothing else it could be.

1badzee

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pic added

CamaroRacing12

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check if u installed the bracket correctly....

1badzee

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Installs only one way

the_merv

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Is that the correct Bracket? Is that the correct Linkage for that Transmission?

I have actually seen some Transmissions where the Pans are in different spots, and the Bolts on them are too. You may have to check that with the Tranny you pulled out, there probably is a slight difference, and this is the point where you are noticing it.

LSWHO

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The linkage arm looks kinda long from what I remember.

1badzee

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Bracket and linkage is the original in my car. I will compare the tranny bolt hole locations tomorrow. Thats a great idea. Thanks man. I heard that there are like 2 differeny brackets.. is this true?

the_merv

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That Bracket looked different from the one on my 4L60E, but that was a while ago..

Formula350

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You never answered if you're sure that the transmission (not the gear selector) is in park...

1badzee

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The transmission will go into park without the cable attached to it. The cable is a 1/4 of an inch too short to reach to go into park with the tranny

CamaroRacing12

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i feel like u have the bracket installed incorrectly using the wrong pan holes

Badazz 97 TA

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x2. looks like you need to go back one bolt(towards the rear of the car)

LT1

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If your cable bracket is mounted in the correct location then you might need to do this.

re-adjusted the cable.
To do this, remove locking clip where you adjust the cable then push or pull (whichever) and slide the cable to about 1/4 inch less than where it sits in "Park". Then put the locking clip back on and push the cable on to the shifter bracket till it snaps in.

This is not a 700R4 but the cable should sit similar to this before locking it.
http://shbox.com/trans/L2.jpg

More on adjusting the cable on this site
http://shbox.com/trans/A4_trans_linkage.html