B&M shift cable routing

[Bird 426]

'69 Road Runner
Coan 727
B&M rachet shifter
Switching from a 4-speed to automatic. Cable seems to have a pretty sharp turn out of the bracket. Should I go under the engine and bring it up on the passenger side, or driver side? Man, that's a tight turn.

 

[RemCharger]

Yup. They're ugly. Bend up and right around starter looping up and back down top of trans.

 

[Lefty71]

I dont know....my two cents is slip a piece of braided heat sleeve over that cable, and maybe work in a longer cable. Like the stuff they used to use on the factory starter cables. Everytime i tried to use a b&m cable with a tight bend, it would end up melting and popping right thru the sheathing.

 

[70rrclone]

The first cable i looped up around the starter and back to the shifter on the drivers side. Even with heat blankets it melted the cable. Now i run mine up around the passenger side. No issues so far.

 

[Virg464]

Mine is currently routed around the starter, It's in a heat shield sleeve from the trans bracket to where it passes through he trans tunnel wall. Only qualifier is the car is not a street car, the longest it's been run so far is about 30-40 min. No issues yet...

 

[Bird 426]

Thanks guys for answering. Coming up on the passenger side is the most appealing at the moment. This is all a dry run. I bent up the cooler lines, then got the header into place. Wasted my time on the ones that I made. Think that steel braided AN lines are going to be the answer. Didn't want to go that way, but I can't bend 3/8" that tight, and get it all going through literally an elongated hole by the shift cable without making a lot of scrap. Staying with the Dakota starter. Going to test fit the engine in tomorrow, probably be more questions that need answers. Should have left the 4-speed in!
Yes , will need some type of heat shields or fire sleeve, or both.
Thank you again for answering!

 

[Bird 426]

This is an old race car, street now.

 

[moparbuff]

'69 Road Runner
Coan 727
B&M rachet shifter
Switching from a 4-speed to automatic. Cable seems to have a pretty sharp turn out of the bracket. Should I go under the engine and bring it up on the passenger side, or driver side? Man, that's a tight turn.

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I bought a longer cable, went all the to the radiator and came back on passenger side. It is 69 “stock” GTX.

 

[malex]

I run my cables around the right side. The normal 5’ cable works with the front cable exit shifter. Used to burn cables when fmucking around on the left side, switched to the right side years ago, never a problem since. You can fish up in between the dipstick tube and trans also.

 

[Bird 426]

Yes, thank you. Very clean work! That is how I am going to do it. Going to try and get the trans in tomorrow. I'm sure it will work out now.
Thanks again to all that answered.