What the heck??
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Melting Slicks
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From: Fort Pierce Florida
What the heck??
I was disconnecting everything to take the body of my '72 Vette last night. When I went to disconnect the automatic tranny linkage I noticed two cables running off it. One went to the console shifter and the other ran to what appears to be a column shifter. Completely baffled I checked the steering column to make sure there weren't any levers there I didin't notice. There wasn't, but there is a ring where a column shifter would go. I twisted it with my hands and the tranny shifted gears!! Is that a normal? It's a tilt/tele column that looks like it belongs in a Vette. I'm just baffled as to why it's hooked up in addition to the console shifter. 
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Melting Slicks
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From: Fort Pierce Florida
Originally Posted by 74FLCONV
Could it be part of the reverse lock-out (or neutral safety) system?
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '03,'11
it allows the steering column to lock in park and only in park.
WARNING
i didn't bother to replace my cable when it failed and just tied the adjustment in the park position. You have to be extremely carefull not to turn the ignition to the off position when moving down the road as the steering column will lock and you will crash.
WARNING
i didn't bother to replace my cable when it failed and just tied the adjustment in the park position. You have to be extremely carefull not to turn the ignition to the off position when moving down the road as the steering column will lock and you will crash.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Fort Pierce Florida
Originally Posted by turtlevette
it allows the steering column to lock in park and only in park.
Drifting
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From: Fairview Heights Illinois, near Saint Louis MO, STL C3 Shark
Originally Posted by SuprJames
Wow, I thought someone had screwed up LOL. I don't have to worry about replacing it because I'm going to a manual, but I was curious what it was for.
