Removing and Installing Shift and Selector Cables

WM 341219 Removing and installing shift and selector cables








Preliminary work

Preliminary work
1. Raise the vehicle at the prescribed jacking points.
2. Remove support plate.
3. Remove rear wall cover.
4. Remove engine-compartment lid.
5. Remove shift lever knob.
6. Remove center console.
7. Remove parking-brake lever.

Removing shift and selector cables

Detaching shift and selector cables at transmission
1. Lever off shift cable (with grey sealing cap) -1- and selector cable (with blue sealing cap) -2- from ball pin and detach from supports.





Detaching shift and selector cables inside vehicle
1. Locking bridge P 9619/1 must be fitted on the gearshift bracket.





2. Open bayonet locks at preselector and shift connections.





3. Detach adjustment pins at preselector and shift connections.





4. Unclip supports on the gearshift bracket.





Removing shift and selector cables
1. Unclip shift cable at the distributor pipe.





2. Pull end of shift and selector cable - at transmission side - out through the opening in the engine compartment lid.





3. Remove support for shift and selector cables.





4. Disengage shift and selector cable from support.





5. Remove fastening nuts and pull shift and selector cables into the interior of the vehicle.





Installing shift and selector cables

Installing shift and selector cables
1. Push the shift and selector cables through the bulkhead panel from the interior of the vehicle and fit fastening nuts.








2. Engage shift and selector cables in support.





3. Fit support for shift and selector cables.








4. Push end of shift and selector cable - at transmission side - into the opening in the engine compartment lid.





5. Clip in shift cable at the distributor pipe.





Securing shift and selector cables inside vehicle
1. Locking bridge P 9619/1 must be fitted on the gearshift bracket.





2. Clip in supports on the gearshift bracket. The support with the blue hinged tube must be fitted on the left and the support with the black hinged tube must be fitted on the right.





3. Insert adjustment pin without tension into the preselector and shifting connections and press down firmly.





4. Close bayonet locks at preselector and shift connections.





Securing shift and selector cables at transmission
1. Engage shift -1- (grey end piece) and selector cable -2- (blue end piece) into support bracket for transmission and press end pieces onto ball heads.





Subsequent work

Subsequent work
1. Locking bridge P 9619/1 must be removed.





2. Install parking-brake lever.
3. Install rear wall cover.
4. Install engine compartment lid.
5. Install shift lever knob.
6. Install center console.
7. Fit support plate.
8. Lower the vehicle.