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Adjusting C900 automatic transmission shift cable Posted by CMyles [Email] (#1126) [Profile/Gallery] (more from CMyles) on Wed, 9 May 2007 21:57:52 In Reply to: Re: NOW you tell me?!?, philbert, Wed, 9 May 2007 19:46:02 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Philbert,
Sorry. Actually I've posted this advice several times on this board. Don't despair, There is a fair chance that you've adjusted the thing correctly by accident. The procedure is; shift to neutral, press and hold the button on top of the lever and gently move the lever back and forth a bit. You'll feel increasing resistance in both directions, find the center of this resistance. Hold the lever at that exact position and loosen the bolt that fixes the cable end. Now release the button and put the lever in the neutral position, then re-tighten the bolt. The idea is that you are synchronizing the detent at the lever and the detent inside the gearbox (at the manual valve). If these are not synchronized the "lever detent" will over-ride the "valve detent". The consequence of this is that when you place the lever in "D" the valve is actually positioned between "D" and "2" causing the transmission to shift rapidly between 2nd and 3rd gears when road speed and throttle pressure tell it to assume 3rd gear. The resulting vibratory stress is focused on the planetary gear train. Many freshly rebuilt T37s have been wrecked by mechanics who installed them but failed to make the adjustment before turning the car over to the owner. It is unwise to assume that any two T37s, (the spent one coming out of the car and the fresh one going in), will have identical cable adjustment settings. Good luck.
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