Quick question about CAGS connector
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Quick question about CAGS connector
This is on a '96 car. I'm in the middle of unplugging my CAGS and stuffing a 2.2k Ohm resistor in the connector to trick it into not throwing a code. I'm looking under my car at my ZF-6 and I see not one but two little blue connectors going into the transmission on the driver's side. One of them is near the clutch bellhousing and way up high almost out of reach. The other is farther back, lower, and the wires feed into some metallic cylinder that juts out of the transmission. It's up to you all which connector I unplug.
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THAT is something I definitely don't want to unplug. I'd hate to think of the noise slamming into reverse would make. Anyone else have any idea which one is which?
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Does anyone know the answer before I have to pull it off the ramps for the night? I know a ton of you have unplugged your CAGS.
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I thought so too, but after reading this post I'm not as sure:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...5&postcount=10
Just behind the clutch bellhousing? Only one of them is immediately behind it, the other is farther back... but the one close to the clutch is way up inside the car.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...5&postcount=10
Just behind the clutch bellhousing? Only one of them is immediately behind it, the other is farther back... but the one close to the clutch is way up inside the car.
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Ah, searching the archives finally yielded something promising.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...45&postcount=3
This guy says the little cylinder thing is indeed the CAGS solenoid, confirming what you thought. Thanks!
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...45&postcount=3
This guy says the little cylinder thing is indeed the CAGS solenoid, confirming what you thought. Thanks!
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Welp, I just checked my backup lights and they still work so I guess I got the right connector. Drove it around 3 blocks and it didn't lock me out of 2nd gear once, that's a good sign. The one to four light never even came on, hopefully that's because the resistor tricked it and not because the conditions were just not right to activate one-to-four. I'll find out as I drive it more.
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A magical place called the Awful Forums, where people who are not deemed funny or interesting are banned on the spot and out ten bucks. 80,000+ members and quite a rollercoaster of a history behind it. They have a general car forum that is pretty high quality, and the posters there recommended corvetteforum to me.
No CAGS is going to rock. CAGS was the reason I was always pissed off the entire time I drove my vette; I hope it's gone for good.
No CAGS is going to rock. CAGS was the reason I was always pissed off the entire time I drove my vette; I hope it's gone for good.
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The 1-to-4 light still comes on.
Regardless, it sounds like you found the right connection to unplug....
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Welp, I just checked my backup lights and they still work so I guess I got the right connector. Drove it around 3 blocks and it didn't lock me out of 2nd gear once, that's a good sign. The one to four light never even came on, hopefully that's because the resistor tricked it and not because the conditions were just not right to activate one-to-four. I'll find out as I drive it more.
Great move disabling the CAGS. I was glad I did mine. Not to disappoint you, but the 1 to 4 light is activated my temperature. If you reach operating temperature you will see the light (at least I did on my '91). I think the CAGS in general was disabled for a cold car - only until it reached operating temperature. You won't even notice it! Second gear is great too - good to be able to shift as you know you should. You can always use 4th gear for mileage now that you know you can.
