[Shotimes] shifter cable problems

[Ron Childs]

My '91 at one time had a yellow date on the rad support. I can no longer
find it (maybe it fades) but IIRC the yellow stamp included an actual day,
not just a month and year.

-Ron Childs


--- Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:
> None of my SHOs (that I recall) ever had the yellow date on the rad
> support.
> Happen to know if it matched the sticker on the door jamb?
> 
> Guess nothing is a surprise when it comes to content on cars being built
> at
> the end of a model run!!
> 
> Ron Porter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Dahm [mailto:timd@chartermi.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 8:48 PM
> To: Ron Porter; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] shifter cable problems
> 
> 
> 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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