Adjusting Selector Lever Cable

WM 371515 Adjusting selector lever cable








Preliminary work for selector lever cable

1. Remove selector knob.
2. Remove engine guard.

Adjusting selector lever cable

1. Pull latch (plastic pin) up and move selector lever to position P.
2. Remove cover of center console. To do this unscrew two screws -Arrows-, separate plug connection -Inset-, tip cover up and back and remove.





Cover of center console

3. Remove selector lever cover with special tool release hook 9713. Do this from the front, hooking into the right and left of the release plate -Inset-, and press outwards. Pull the cover upwards slightly at the same time.





Releasing cover of selector support

4. Release the rear release plates in the same way.
5. Remove selector-lever cover and separate cable connection.





Cable plug for selector support cover

6. Remove transverse strut of center console -Arrows-.





Transverse strut of center console

7. Pull off electric plug connections -Arrow-.





Cable connection to center console

8. Unscrew selector support threaded joint -Arrows-.





Selector support threaded joint

9. Undo selector lever cable threaded joint on selector support -Arrow- using tool special inserts Mod. AB NR.170.





Selector lever cable to selector support

10. Move gearshift lever on transmission to position P, the highest position.
11. Screw in selector lever cable threaded joint on selector support -Arrow- using tool special inserts Mod. AB NR.170 and accessory for torque wrench: open ring wrench insert a/f 13 with adapter NR.98-1. - Tightening torque: 10 Nm (7.5 ftlb.).





Selector lever cable to selector support

12. Screw in selector support threaded joint -Arrows-. - Tightening torque: 6 Nm (4.5 ftlb.)





Selector support threaded joint

13. Connect electric plug connection -Arrow- to selector support.





Cable for center console

14. Install transverse strut of center console -Arrows-.





Transverse strut of center console

15. Connect cable connection on underside of selector lever cover.
16. Install selector lever cover. Make sure the wiring harness -direction of arrow- is not pinched in the selector support.





Wiring harness on selector support

17. Position cable connection on underside -Inset- of center console cover.





Cover of center console

18. Insert center console cover at the front and tip backwards. Screw in two screws -Right arrows-.
19. Functional test of gear selecting system:

- Will the vehicle start?
- Do all the selector lever positions work?

Subsequent work for selector lever cable

Reworking selector lever cable

1. Fit engine guard.
2. Install selector knob.