10-16-2018, 02:12 PM
ok im going to attempt to add some pics in hopes that some poor soul will stumble across this thread who needs similar help ., this is the 3 speed trans in a 1995 sidekick 2door (should have said that right off but i was in a panic state)
i was able to get the cable out, went to the parts store to try and find a new cable. was unable. tried 4 different places, they cant ever order one. my next attempt was to just get an O ring. same thing.. dont have, cant get. so i fished through their O ring master kit at 2 stores, couldnt find the perfect size.. walked out with one but to me its slightly thinner.. i went to harbor freight and bought both of there master O ring kits, metric and sae, total of 800 fING O rings.! of the 800... none were even close!!! on top of that these harbor f. O rings are junk. they have casting flash leftovers on them and they are a bit hard.. i will be taking them back., i ended up using the thin O ring that i had no confidence in... well first i tried a thicker HF O ring and could NOT get the cable back into the trans... just too big. (yea yea thats what she said... uugh), so i went with the thin one and it had just a tiny amount of friction and popped right in... not very confident in it i must say. BUT i believe if the O ring was torn or way way too small you would know RIGHT AWAY judging by how much fluid came out when i pulled the cable, oh btw be prepared to quickly loose about a qt of trans fluid out when you pull that cable!! it drains in 2 thick streams, ones on the vac modulator and one is by the shift shaft seal. (so when this leaks you automatically assume its the modualtor or shift shaft seal, or trans pan gasket 3 times (me!!) because it runs everywhere!!! and also very close to the dip stick tube... i sealed that too because i was fooled. and the tcc connector because fluid was on that side of the trans too! all caused by the damn kick cable., anyway started it up and no rush of fluid, drove it and all SEEMS ok. just a few drips from what im hoping/ guessing is left over because i didnt clean anything off (because i had no confidence in that O ring and didnt want to clean it multiple times) time will tell.
i was able to get the cable out, went to the parts store to try and find a new cable. was unable. tried 4 different places, they cant ever order one. my next attempt was to just get an O ring. same thing.. dont have, cant get. so i fished through their O ring master kit at 2 stores, couldnt find the perfect size.. walked out with one but to me its slightly thinner.. i went to harbor freight and bought both of there master O ring kits, metric and sae, total of 800 fING O rings.! of the 800... none were even close!!! on top of that these harbor f. O rings are junk. they have casting flash leftovers on them and they are a bit hard.. i will be taking them back., i ended up using the thin O ring that i had no confidence in... well first i tried a thicker HF O ring and could NOT get the cable back into the trans... just too big. (yea yea thats what she said... uugh), so i went with the thin one and it had just a tiny amount of friction and popped right in... not very confident in it i must say. BUT i believe if the O ring was torn or way way too small you would know RIGHT AWAY judging by how much fluid came out when i pulled the cable, oh btw be prepared to quickly loose about a qt of trans fluid out when you pull that cable!! it drains in 2 thick streams, ones on the vac modulator and one is by the shift shaft seal. (so when this leaks you automatically assume its the modualtor or shift shaft seal, or trans pan gasket 3 times (me!!) because it runs everywhere!!! and also very close to the dip stick tube... i sealed that too because i was fooled. and the tcc connector because fluid was on that side of the trans too! all caused by the damn kick cable., anyway started it up and no rush of fluid, drove it and all SEEMS ok. just a few drips from what im hoping/ guessing is left over because i didnt clean anything off (because i had no confidence in that O ring and didnt want to clean it multiple times) time will tell.