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Car Forum / GMC Cars / February 2006

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Fiero shift cables

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Bob Urz - 25 Feb 2006 03:12 GMT
I am trying to help my bro fix a 87 fiero GT.
The shift cables are shot. There are some on
ebay now. My question is, are the GT shift cables
the same as the straight 2m6 cables?
Are the trannies different between the GT and the
regular 6 cylinder model?

Bob
Steve Mackie - 25 Feb 2006 21:44 GMT
>I am trying to help my bro fix a 87 fiero GT.
> The shift cables are shot. There are some on
> ebay now. My question is, are the GT shift cables
> the same as the straight 2m6 cables?
> Are the trannies different between the GT and the
> regular 6 cylinder model?

Just depends on which transmission you have. There are a couple of
possibilities.

Go to the vehicle and write down all the 'Mxx' RPO codes, located on a
sticker in the front compartment LH fender well.

Post them here and your question will be answered. ;)

Steve
JazzMan - 27 Feb 2006 03:17 GMT
> >I am trying to help my bro fix a 87 fiero GT.
> > The shift cables are shot. There are some on
> > ebay now. My question is, are the GT shift cables
> > the same as the straight 2m6 cables?
> > Are the trannies different between the GT and the
> > regular 6 cylinder model?

Ok, the answer is fairly simple, but somewhat expensive.

There were only two manual transmissions offered with
the Fiero V6 cars, the Muncie-designed and built 4 speed
or the Getrag-designed and Muncie-built 5 speed. The
4 speed, referred to as the "Muncie" in the Fiero world,
was offered through the latter part of '86 production
year, and starting with the last few hundred of the '86
production cars the 5 speed (referred to as the "Getrag"
in the Fiero world) was phased in. No '86 or later V6
Fiero came with the 4 speed, though it's possible that
someone swapped one in after the fact. The Getrags were
fairly rare in Fieros so the cables are getting hard to
find and moderately expensive. The Muncie and Getrag
cables are not interchangeable at all, sadly.

The Fiero Store may carry replacements, and it wouldn't
hurt to check Rodney Dickman's site at
http://www.rodneydickman.com too.

There's a mall section in the forum at http://www.fiero.nl
it probably wouldn't hurt to check there also.

JazzMan
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JazzMan - 27 Feb 2006 04:07 GMT
That should read "no '87 or later came with the 4spd".

JazzMan

> > >I am trying to help my bro fix a 87 fiero GT.
> > > The shift cables are shot. There are some on
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> There's a mall section in the forum at http://www.fiero.nl
> it probably wouldn't hurt to check there also.

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