[DML] Re: What the hell is going on here...my shift cable MELTED?

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

As suggested you are probably missing the ground connection from the
motor to the frame and the battery. When you forget to put the cable
back I have seen it melt throttle cables (on other make cars)and
little wires when the heavy current seeks any path it can.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757  


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Ralf Philipp" <enteklemmer@xxxx> wrote:
> probably your ground connection to the motor is bad. So the current
found
> its way over the shift cable.
> 
> Check your motor ground connection and replace your shift cable, then
> everything should be fine.
> 
> bye,
> Ralf.
> VIN10284
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> Yes, that's right folks.  Remember the other day I was talking about
> all that smoke I saw when I was trying to start my car with a
> wrench?  It turns out that it was the shift cable melting.  I found
> this out when I tried to wiggle the shift lever and it wouldn't
> budge.  So, I take a look underneath my car, and the black part of
> the manual transmission shift cable is all bubbled up and melted.
> What the HELL just happened here?????  BTW, I'm still trying to
> remove the shift cable, as it's not coming out easily.
> 
> 
> Matt
> #1604 - the cursed car
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