GM Service Manual Online
For 1990-2009 cars only
Makes 🢒 Cadillac 🢒 1996 🢒 Eldorado 🢒 Transmission/Transaxle 🢒 Automatic Transaxle - 4T80-E 🢒 Range Selector Lever Cable Adjustment

Adjustment Procedure

    Notice: Adjust the shift control cable only while the transaxle and the gear selector are in NEUTRAL. Failure to do so may cause mis-adjustment.

  1. Set the parking brake and chock the wheels.

    2. Important: Pry on the shift cable terminal at the manual shaft lever pin with an appropriate tool. Do not pry or pull up on any other part of the shift cable or the shift cable may be damaged.

  2. Remove the shift cable terminal from the transaxle manual shaft lever pin.
  3. Fully lift the adjuster block button. Make sure that the adjuster is free to move.
  4. Place the transaxle manual shaft lever in NEUTRAL gear.

    5. In order to find NEUTRAL, complete the following steps:

    • Rotate the lever fully counter-clockwise to PARK.
    • Rotate the lever clockwise through two clicks, through reverse into NEUTRAL.
  5. Place the gear shifter in the NEUTRAL position. The gear shifter is located inside the car.
    6. • For vehicles with a floor shift, depress the button in the shift knob and pull the shifter into the LOW 1 position.
    • Release the button.
    • Push forward on the knob. Do not touch the button.
    • The gear shift lever will move forward while clicking over the gear travel stops. When the lever stops solidly it is in NEUTRAL.
    • Release the lever.
    • For vehicles with a column shift, rotate the shift lever to the LOW 1 position.
    • Push the lever fully down.
    • Push forward (toward the front of the vehicle) and slowly upward on the lever.
    • The gear shift lever will move up while clicking over the gear over travel stops. When the lever stops solidly, it is in NEUTRAL.
    • Release the lever.
  6. Underhood, grasp the white plastic shift cable terminal and pull it toward the pin on the manual shaft lever.

    7. The shift cable adjuster spring should compress as the terminal is moved toward the pin.

    Important: Do not pull the terminal beyond the pin then push back. This could move the shifter out of NEUTRAL.

  7. Attach the pin to the lever by pushing down carefully until it snaps. Do not move the lever out of position.
  8. Press the adjuster lock button down flush with the adjuster body.
  9. Shift to PARK.
  10. Release the parking brake while applying the service brake.
  11. Start the engine.
  12. Make sure that all of the indicated gear positions match the vehicle response.