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Shift cable

Does anyone happen to have a shift cable from a floor shifted '88 T-Bird or Cougar?I've been looking for one,and was hoping someone here could help.Thanks.Also need the brackets.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Re: Shift cable

Reply #1 –
Anybody??????
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #2 –
theyre hard to come by
It's Gumby's fault.

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No kidding.I've been looking for a very long time.They must be made of unobtanium.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #4 –
well, you gotta think, if the cables are AOD specific (different in the TC), they only came in 87-88's, and how many 87-88 cars got a floor shifter?

if you can find out if the cable is the same between the TC's and the 5.0 cars, you could hop onto a place like turbotbird.com or turboford.or and post a wanted add there
It's Gumby's fault.

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A couple years back, I priced one from the Ford dealer for my '87 XR7, $168.50 :shoothead . I ended up installing a B&M console hammer for $199 complete, better shifter and heavier duty cable. Also the replacement B&M cables are only $39.00. :grinno:
95 Ranger Splash 2.3
88 Tbird Sport :ies::ies:
5.0 SO, stainless shorty headers, w/ Magnaflow lers. KYB struts, KYB shocks. 5lug conversion from sn95 Mustang, subframe connectors, drilled and slotted rotors, 03 Mach 1 wheels. sequential taillights.140 speedo

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Cable are different Shawn...remember it would be an A4LD shifter vs. an AOD shifter. Aside from that, I am not really sure if you can easily separate a cable from the shifter anyway. It looks like the end gets destroyed if you try. It's easier to get the shifter and cable assembly as one unit.

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Ford actually has a special tool for removing those crazy little bushings, so you dont damage the items youre working on

as for the cables, i knew the shifters were different, but i thought the cable may be the same, because the difference would only be in the shifter?
It's Gumby's fault.

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Naw, the cable ends are different where they hook onto the transmission, and also where the cable is held into the bracket. Like on the 5.0 bracket, there are two screws that hold the cable on; on the 2.3 there's just a clip. They seem to be different lengths as well.

Special tool, eh?

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Does the Hammer shifter fit where the factory shifter is in the console?I thought about going to a column shift.That doesn't bother me at all.I just don't know if the column shift linkage will fit with the Mark VII headers in place.Anyone know?Any ideas?My current shifter sucks because I'm making do with the wrong cable.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #10 –
The shifter fits anywhere on the floor you want to put them. Althogh the console hammer requires a hole, just like the factory floor shifter.
95 Ranger Splash 2.3
88 Tbird Sport :ies::ies:
5.0 SO, stainless shorty headers, w/ Magnaflow lers. KYB struts, KYB shocks. 5lug conversion from sn95 Mustang, subframe connectors, drilled and slotted rotors, 03 Mach 1 wheels. sequential taillights.140 speedo

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Well I went out and cleared the snow off, and here is a pic of the console hammer in my Cougar. :ies:
95 Ranger Splash 2.3
88 Tbird Sport :ies::ies:
5.0 SO, stainless shorty headers, w/ Magnaflow lers. KYB struts, KYB shocks. 5lug conversion from sn95 Mustang, subframe connectors, drilled and slotted rotors, 03 Mach 1 wheels. sequential taillights.140 speedo

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Quote from: EricCoolCats

Special tool, eh?

yup, if i can find a pic, or even a description of it, ill post it
It's Gumby's fault.

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Reply #13 –
Thanks.The more I think about it,the better a column shift sounds.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Now now, that's my line. :p

(and only because every car I've ever driven regularly has had a console/floor shifter, and I'm only keeping my two column-shifted cars that way for a little change)