No 1st gear? Shift cable?
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No 1st gear? Shift cable?
Hey I have a 2000 Excursion with a v10 and 225k miles. I can’t get it down into first gear. It’s like the linkage is out of adjustment but everything appears fine. Maybe a stretched cable? I would really like that 1st gear low range for coming down these mountain trails. Thanks in advance everyone! Let’s keep ‘em on the road!
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3rd Gear
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I will try this after work today… what will this tell me?
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Might be easy to disconnect the cable from the bottom of the column and see if you can shift it
That way you will be inspecting the shift tube / lever for being loose as well
If real tight, the cable is frayed
Pretty common on high mile trucks and vans
Getting harder to find a Ford cable these days
That way you will be inspecting the shift tube / lever for being loose as well
If real tight, the cable is frayed
Pretty common on high mile trucks and vans
Getting harder to find a Ford cable these days
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3rd Gear
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Might be easy to disconnect the cable from the bottom of the column and see if you can shift it
That way you will be inspecting the shift tube / lever for being loose as well
If real tight, the cable is frayed
Pretty common on high mile trucks and vans
Getting harder to find a Ford cable these days
That way you will be inspecting the shift tube / lever for being loose as well
If real tight, the cable is frayed
Pretty common on high mile trucks and vans
Getting harder to find a Ford cable these days
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