Ratchet Shifter options?

[RocketSled]

A number of years ago I installed a hot motor, a hot tranny, and a B&M megashifter. I think I was lucky in that I installed a bracket wrong, did _something_ right and managed to adjust the system so that everything worked dependably, with the exception of first gear. With the rear gear, 1st was pretty useless anyway, so it was no big loss.

While in line for my second emissions test, I had the car good n hot. So hot the cable melted, preventing me from putting the car in gear.

I can't get the new cable adjusted right and notice I had the bracket on the transmission bass ackwards and upside down. Routing the cable the way B&M recommends (big loops), and wrapping the cable in reflective foil insulation, I'm still a little afraid the exhaust will cook the cable. It's held up using snap-strap around the tail-housing of the transmission.

The stock cable was actually a much better design, but I'm blaming a transmission rebuild on a bad shift, based on the stocker shifter letting me grab the wrong gear.

With the new cable, I can find first gear, I can find reverse, neutral, and park, but I have to shift into third to get drive. I have to shift into second to get third.

So I'm thinking something's borked with the Megashifter.

Any suggestions for a C4 specific shifter install?

 

[heinzeroth]

A number of years ago I installed a hot motor, a hot tranny, and a B&M megashifter. I think I was lucky in that I installed a bracket wrong, did _something_ right and managed to adjust the system so that everything worked dependably, with the exception of first gear. With the rear gear, 1st was pretty useless anyway, so it was no big loss.

While in line for my second emissions test, I had the car good n hot. So hot the cable melted, preventing me from putting the car in gear.

I can't get the new cable adjusted right and notice I had the bracket on the transmission bass ackwards and upside down. Routing the cable the way B&M recommends (big loops), and wrapping the cable in reflective foil insulation, I'm still a little afraid the exhaust will cook the cable. It's held up using snap-strap around the tail-housing of the transmission.

The stock cable was actually a much better design, but I'm blaming a transmission rebuild on a bad shift, based on the stocker shifter letting me grab the wrong gear.

With the new cable, I can find first gear, I can find reverse, neutral, and park, but I have to shift into third to get drive. I have to shift into second to get third.

So I'm thinking something's borked with the Megashifter.

Any suggestions for a C4 specific shifter install?

I used 1/2" fire retardant mess hose to loosely wrap cable on installation, up a and around to of trans housing and down under tail shaft. My B&M Quicksilver install.

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