Hi,
I am having a problem with my 1992 coupe... I've put about 4000 miles on it (126k total) and last Friday drove it for about an hour and when I got back in it I turned the key and got nothing (VAT has been removed). After about 3-4 min I turned the key and it started right up. I went to put it in gear (automatic) and I had no gears. The shifter cable had broke right at the shifter in the car. I also smelt something burning and after I got the cable out saw the end was melted. I figured it was from laying on the exhaust after it broke.
A friend and I replaced the cable and I thought I was good to go... I've put about 2 hours in total driving time on it at about 15 min at a time and today the exact same thing happened. This cable completely melted. My friend thinks the car has some type of ground problem now and its trying to use the shifter cable to ground the car. Any thought? Any place I should look first? I did check the ground cable at the transmission and I found three on the frame that looked good but I cleaned them anyway.
Is there any way to test this to see if it is the ground as my friend suspects?
The last thing done to the car was about 1000 miles ago and was replaceing cap and rotor, plugs and wires and the water pump. I did check the plug wires and nothing looks melted.
Any help is greatly appreciated
I am having a problem with my 1992 coupe... I've put about 4000 miles on it (126k total) and last Friday drove it for about an hour and when I got back in it I turned the key and got nothing (VAT has been removed). After about 3-4 min I turned the key and it started right up. I went to put it in gear (automatic) and I had no gears. The shifter cable had broke right at the shifter in the car. I also smelt something burning and after I got the cable out saw the end was melted. I figured it was from laying on the exhaust after it broke.
A friend and I replaced the cable and I thought I was good to go... I've put about 2 hours in total driving time on it at about 15 min at a time and today the exact same thing happened. This cable completely melted. My friend thinks the car has some type of ground problem now and its trying to use the shifter cable to ground the car. Any thought? Any place I should look first? I did check the ground cable at the transmission and I found three on the frame that looked good but I cleaned them anyway.
Is there any way to test this to see if it is the ground as my friend suspects?
The last thing done to the car was about 1000 miles ago and was replaceing cap and rotor, plugs and wires and the water pump. I did check the plug wires and nothing looks melted.
Any help is greatly appreciated