when you drop the pan you will see it i think i used surgical clamps to change mine in the van its a little tight but it is right there and you can see and work on the cable at the same time it is a Jesus job.... you try .... it slips you yell Jesus..... 10-20 times but you will get it

Thanks MM & FE for the tips. The new cable arrived yesterday so this morning I got started on the replacement. It was a lot easier than i anticipated considering it was my first time doing this job. Once i got the cross member dropped and pan off it was about a 20 minute job. I have to admit, I did crack open the old tranny to see what i was getting into. All in all it went pretty smoothly. The only hiccup happened when we tried to push the old cable out from inside the trans and managed to break 3 of the 4 plastic clips off the cable housing. We found 2 right away as they landed on my tshirt, and found the 3rd just inside. I'm posting up some pics in case anyone needs them for future reference.

I used a right angle pick to pull the wheel into place against the spring and held it there with a long screwdriver. next came the needlenose pliers to wiggle it out the side and release the cable from the wheel. (coulldnt get any pics of the needle nose doing its thing as my hands were full) After snapping the new cable into the trans housing, we pushed the cable in from the end in the engine compartment. I used the pick and screwdriver again to set the wheel and after a few tries with the needle nose pliers (ok, 20 minutes of "almost there... OH, CRAP!") installed the cable on the wheel. This was a lot better than dropping the valve body. Now i just have to return those new valve body seals...

The rig seems to be shifting nicely, and running well. Maybe I'll actually take it off the pavement one of these days in the near future. but i don't want to talk about it too much, the rig might hear me and decide otherwise.

Anyway, here are the pics.transmission throttle cable replacement

Thanks again, guys. This was a nice way to sve $600 and boost my confidence with yet another "new to me" task. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

so after my road trip this weekend i found trans fluid leaking. it appears to be coming from the point where the new cable goes into the transmission. my guess is that i missed the o ring on the old cable and it is probably still in there. Or it didn't snap down all the way.

If i have to remove it to get the old o ring out, is there an easy way to get the 4 clips at the trans end of the cable to release easily, or should i just disconnect the cable and pull? I don't want to break them off like those on the original cable.

Not looking forward to dropping the crossmember and pan again, but hey, practice makes perfect, right?!