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Re: Shift Cable
Posted by David Prantl (more from David Prantl) on Mon, 30 Jul 2001 22:31:05
In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00 

>  Could someone please tell me how to disconnect  the cable at the 
>transmission end of a 1984 Saab  900 8valve automatic.

Another tricky and poorly documented procedure (kind of like removing a 
front headrest!).

1.  Remove the retaining bolt (you already did this).

2.  Move the gear selector in the car to position '1'.

3.  Pull the tranny end of the cable out, away from the tranny, towards the 
firewall.  Pull HARD, and/or use a small screwdriver for leverage until it 
pops out of the tranny case.

4.  Now you will see a spring-loaded sleeve, which must be slid back TOWARDS 
the tranny while the cable itself is being pulled AWAY from the tranny.  
Clean all grease/oil from the cable and sleeve, and from your hands, 
otherwise you'll be very very frustrated.

5.  Only now will you be able to see the actual cable joint depicted in the 
Haynes, and slide the two engaging halves apart.

>  The diagram in the Hayes and earlier Saab books  shows a different type 
>of cable entering the
>  transmission.

Believe it or not, it's the same cable !  It's just that the Haynes 
description of the unhooking procedure  S U C K S !

David Prantl
david_prantlno39sdcx6spamx782hotmail.com
'84 900S, 5M, 210kMi, RIP as of 2/98
'89 900, 3A, 116kMi, restored and SOLD on 3/24/01
'86 9000T, 5M, 185kMi
'88 9000S, 5M, 142kMi
'90 9000S, 4A, 133kMi
'93 9000CSET, 5M, 71kMi
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