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Location: Cleveland, Ohio | We've had very cold weather here in Ohio and I think that caused the transmission line or something to freeze up. I snapped my shifting handle in half. Anyone know of a replacement or repair for something like that? Also, have any of you experienced problems in cold weather? The previous owner of 983 said he had a problem like this before and used a torpedo heater to thaw things out a little.
Thanks in advance!
Craig |
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Veteran
 
Location: Olympia, Washington | it's possible you have moisture inside the cable freezing the cable to the sheath. I've experienced it with a park brake failing to release when freezing. It just happens I have a shifter that had the very same problem and this is a PO's solution. Look up 'My tuning fork shifter' album in the album section for pictures. |
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Elite Veteran
Location: Medford, OR | I was talking with Jim Black a fews ago, and I asked him about lubing the cables, the conversation eventually turned into how Denver Transit used to pump antifreeze into there throttle cables etc to prevent them from freezing overnight. This doesn't pertain to this thread, but it reminded me of that conversation with Jim. I blew in penetrating oil into my throttle cable and it made it smooth as silk, but I should use 30w oil or something because penetrating oil evaporates.
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Extreme Veteran
Location: Scottsdale, Aridzona | Craig ?
Remove both pieces of your broken shift lever. It is probably made of "Pot Metal" (cheap zinc like casting that can be chromed) which is not very good under load. There are some new "special welding rods" that might get it back into one piece, but it might just break someplace else next time. It should not have been made of Pot Metal in the first place. There are no known replacements, but you might find a similar MotorHome shifter setup in some Man Mall. Chrysler supplied that type shifter to the 50 to 100 MH Manufacturers in the 70s and 80s that used Mopar engines/transmissions. Even if you find one, I would not put a Pot Metal one back in. It will probably break again.
Take both pieces to any Machine Shop and get them to DUPLICATE yours in 1018 Steel and treat it with a Nitride Salt Bath Process know as QPQ (http://www.finishing.com/kolene/qpq/index.html). It will be hard all over including wear points and be kind of dull black, and will last as long as the rest of your FMC. If you want something shiny . . . get them to make it out of any 300 Series Stainless Steel and then polish it, but that will be more expensive.
Let us know how it turns out . . . and share some pictures of before and duplicated part, and the co$t.
Shift ON ! Lou #120
We will be in the low 80s by Thursday.
Aridzona - 100 days of 100+ degrees then 9 months of Paradise. We are in the Paradise Period now.
Stay warm . . .
Edited by hemi354az 2017-02-06 9:45 PM
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Broken Transmission Shifter