I have a 1985 Pickup with automatic transmission and 22R engine. I’m doing an interior cleaning - it sat 10 years in a machine shed and over time became a mouse hotel. I’ll post some pictures one day - gross.
The automatic shift lever is on the steering column and there is a small orange tang that moves when you change the position of the shift lever. When in park the orange shows through a little clear bubble to indicate I’m in park, move the lever drive and the tang moves to indicate its in drive, etc. The orange indicator is on a white plastic collar thats around the steering column. There is a tiny little woven cable with little hoops on each end that moves the orange tang when the shift lever moves. The cable is maybe 1/2 mm in dia and it broke. So now I can’t glance down and know if I’m in park or drive. I’ve rigged a lot of different fixes to replace the broken cable. I’ve used picture hanging cable, light wire, chalkline string and nothing gives me repeatability of the orange tang being in the correct position every time I move the shift lever. I need an OEM replacement. Does anyone out there know of a vendor that offers a replacement? I’m open to any other ideas. The design is not the elegant engineering solution I’m accustomed to with Toyota.
The automatic shift lever is on the steering column and there is a small orange tang that moves when you change the position of the shift lever. When in park the orange shows through a little clear bubble to indicate I’m in park, move the lever drive and the tang moves to indicate its in drive, etc. The orange indicator is on a white plastic collar thats around the steering column. There is a tiny little woven cable with little hoops on each end that moves the orange tang when the shift lever moves. The cable is maybe 1/2 mm in dia and it broke. So now I can’t glance down and know if I’m in park or drive. I’ve rigged a lot of different fixes to replace the broken cable. I’ve used picture hanging cable, light wire, chalkline string and nothing gives me repeatability of the orange tang being in the correct position every time I move the shift lever. I need an OEM replacement. Does anyone out there know of a vendor that offers a replacement? I’m open to any other ideas. The design is not the elegant engineering solution I’m accustomed to with Toyota.
