[Shotimes] shifter cable problems

[Tim Dahm]

My green 91+ with cable shift had all the plus features and 5-91 stamped in
yellow ink on the radiator support.
The black one also was a full plus, never looked for the build date..

Tim
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 7:34 PM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] shifter cable problems


> Actually, we seemed to find that full Plus cars started getting built in
> April and were getting the rod shifter (Mallinson's Mocha is an April car,
> IIRC).
>
> Also, and I know I'll be corrected!, but weren't all of the full Plus cars
> built from April forward (the ones with the Plus package described on the
> window sticker) all rod shifter cars, but that there were a number of SHOs
> built earlier that had various bits & pieces of the Plus package (like the
> hood) that still had cable shifters?
>
> Ron Porter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Dahm [mailto:timd@chartermi.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 6:01 PM
> To: Ron Porter; Dynon007@aol.com; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] shifter cable problems
>
>
> Yea, sounds like he has a rod shifter.  Not all plus models came with a
rod
> shift however- sometime in May '91 Ford switched over, plus's built before
> then had a cable shifter. (ie my green 91+ and a black 91+ I parted last
> spring)
>
> Tim
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
> To: <Dynon007@aol.com>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 4:24 PM
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] shifter cable problems
>
>
> > I'll ask a dumb question, but are you sure that it's a cable and not a
rod
> > shifter? Reason I'm asking is that I was under the impression that all
'91
> > Plus models had rod shifters.
> >
> > Ron Porter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> > On Behalf Of Dynon007@aol.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 4:17 PM
> > To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> > Subject: [Shotimes] shifter cable problems
> >
> >
> > I'm trying to fix my shift problem. Shifter moves but doesn't move car
> into
> > gear at all. I'm looking for these cables. I've take off the console,
> > shifter
> > knob, and boot and folded back the carpet near dash but I don't see
these
> > cables at all. There is a plastic piece of the right side of the floor
pan
> > that I
> > guess is the heat duct. I just want to see what is the problem. The
> chilton
> > says I should be able to see the cables already. Do I need to take off
> this
> > plastic piece to see them?
> >
> > Kent 91+ White MTX 152K
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