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Old 01-23-2014, 7:36pm   #1
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2006 (auto) left me stranded at Tae Kwon Do last night. Shifter cable ball socket broke, and the car was in neutral. Thank God the E-Brake still has a little bite.

Wife took me back this morning, I disassembled the entire center console, removed the shifter, and drove home by manipulating the cable by hand.

Bright note, it's only a $55 part ($35 because the dealer sponsors me). Sad note, I have to drop the exhaust and that damn tunnel cover with 600 bolts on it.

I guess I have tomorrow afternoon planned out.
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well that just sounds fun
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Wow. First I've heard of one of those breaking.
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What is a tunnel cover??? and I can drop my entire system from headers back with just 6 bolts, drop the trans out in maybe an hour, or less, '72 on stands and just ME....it's a 200 4r auto.....
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"Don't break shit"

Wonder who said that.
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What is a tunnel cover??? and I can drop my entire system from headers back with just 6 bolts, drop the trans out in maybe an hour, or less, '72 on stands and just ME....it's a 200 4r auto.....
Heat shield above exhaust:
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Wonder who said that.
Marcus has raced this car many times. It's his fault.
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Marcus has raced this car many times. It's his fault.
Can I blame you on my clutch master cylinder going out on my car then?????
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............... Sad note, I have to drop the exhaust and that damn tunnel cover with 600 bolts on it.

I guess I have tomorrow afternoon planned out.
Make sure all the bolts go back in and are torques correctly. That tunnel cover is a stiffener and having a few loose bolts will negatively affect handling.
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Can I blame you on my clutch master cylinder going out on my car then?????
Yep. That 1 single lap was BRUTAL.
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Ha! I had this same exact occurrence happen on my '07 no more than 2 months ago.

What was weird to me is that it broke when I put the car in park from sport. I would have thought that it would have been the other way around.
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Better shot of said tunnel cover. BTW-if you have a C5/6, one of the best things you can do is get a stiffer insulated tunnel cover.
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Ha! I had this same exact occurrence happen on my '07 no more than 2 months ago.

What was weird to me is that it broke when I put the car in park from sport. I would have thought that it would have been the other way around.
Did you fix it yourself, or have the dealer do it? If dealer, what was the cost? I'm going to fix mine myself, just curious what a dealer would charge. I'm guessing north of $500.
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Did you fix it yourself, or have the dealer do it? If dealer, what was the cost? I'm going to fix mine myself, just curious what a dealer would charge. I'm guessing north of $500.
If you could use a hand let me know. I've got a slow day today. Tomorrow works too.
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I typically work until 2pm. Plan on starting after that. Will pm you my info.

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I used to fix everything myself but just didn't want to mess with this so I had it done in a repair shop.

I don't have an exact figure but as far as I can remember it was over $700. Then, after all was said and done, I got the car home and the damn exhaust was rattling. Ended up having to get under the car after all.
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I used to fix everything myself but just didn't want to mess with this so I had it done in a repair shop.

I don't have an exact figure but as far as I can remember it was over $700. Then, after all was said and done, I got the car home and the damn exhaust was rattling. Ended up having to get under the car after all.
Geez.
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Geez.
Yeah, the worst part of it is that this was the very first time I let anyone else work on the car.

Another lesson learned.

Anything else breaks and you can be damned sure that I'll be doing the work.
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