When the night before your main vehicle has an issue, in this case the cable running from the gear shift to the transmission so I couldn’t take my van out of park, you are going to have a sketchy day and boy did I yesterday. Fortunately we have a spare 15 passenger van so I was able to keep rolling but there was a lot going on and a busy evening so I didn’t even open up the website until this morning. Today should be (knocks on wood) quieter.
Famous last words.
Just don't ask /the question/. You know the one. Murphy hears it. Every. Single. Time.
Steve S6
Had that problem. Took it to (had it towed to) a mechanic who just kinda lengthened the cable instead of replacing it, if I remember right how he explained it. 7 years later it still works.
Redundancy. Two is one and one is none. Back up everything, especially the critical stuff. Hopefully the adage "it comes in threes" does not come to fruition for you. I've had it happen way too many times!
Glad your were able to stay up and running.
Bear Claw
Make sure you never complain about a car where it can hear . . . bad luck for me every time.