Broken Shift Cable

[GuidoThePenguin]

Not my Cougar, its from the guy I helped today that had a broken down Cougar. He has an MTX and said the shifter cable broke on him while he was driving. Dealer offered replacement for $65, good price?

I took my car to my cousin's shop and found out the shift cable was broken, so i ordered a new cable for 65.00 at the dealer pretty cheap if i was a rich man.

Anyone else had this problem and know of any cheap fixes?

Thanks!

[DanG]

Assuming the car was still under warranty, it should have been fixed for free, no questions asked. If the car's out of warranty, then yes, that's a decent price... Now what are they charging him to install it?? i/expressions/wink.gif

[Bobnoxious]

That happened on my 82 Mustang GT and the cable was about 50 bucks. Easy to install and cheaper than having it towed in. I used to pop the clutch on that car a lot. I wonder if he was doing that as well..

[PDitty]

I did the same thing on my 2000. It was under warranty though so it was free, but yeah it happened driving like I shouldn't. HEHEHE The beast was stuck in third gear. That was fun to drive.