shifter cable trouble, beams swap Options

[Dangercart1]

Very close to finishing my 3sge beams swap I hit another snag, I have two sets of shifter cables (manual), one fits the transmission but not the shifter, the other fits my shifter but not the trans, the shifter is the gt shifter and i thought the trans was the basic s series that could be found on a 5sfe, I'm thinking I might have to buy another shifter, but which one? my research points to the st shifter but I'm not positive, any help would be great, if pictures would help, say so, I'll try and get some tomorrow.

[stephen_lee]

im pretty sure all 6th gen shifters are the same...

[brenton1919]

Very close to finishing my 3sge beams swap I hit another snag, I have two sets of shifter cables (manual), one fits the transmission but not the shifter, the other fits my shifter but not the trans, the shifter is the gt shifter and i thought the trans was the basic s series that could be found on a 5sfe, I'm thinking I might have to buy another shifter, but which one? my research points to the st shifter but I'm not positive, any help would be great, if pictures would help, say so, I'll try and get some tomorrow.

nope nope all the shifter's that came in any celica from 94-99 are all the same doesn't matter if its a gt st gt4 beams nothin. i did a swap on my st. i used the gt cables and im using a right hand drive gt4 shifter in my car that i had got from over seas. it looks just like my st shifter. but u are gonna have to use gt cables. if your not sure if your shifter is broke or not i have one for sell for 15 bucks + shipping

[Dangercart1]

I have another set that fits the transmission but has the same problem with the gt shifter i have.

[stephen_lee]

which are your standard GT cables? they should work for you... what year did your beams come from?

[stephen_lee]

looks like, with a simple cross reference, the beams uses the same cables as the USDM GT

[hatchy_gt-s]

Switch the shifting cables (like pictured above) and see if that fixes the issue

[brenton1919]

I have another set that fits the transmission but has the same problem with the gt shifter i have.

Those are the wrong cables u need gt cables. Those look like st cables...... s54 transmission gt cables............

This post has been edited by brenton1919: Aug 22, 2011 - 9:11 PM

[Dangercart1]

if i switch the cables they will fit the transmission but will not fit the shifter i tried those first and when they didnt fit the shifter i figured they were wrong, so I bought the new ones which fit the shifter and now i put the engine in and found that the new cables don't fit the trans

[brenton1919]

if i switch the cables they will fit the transmission but will not fit the shifter i tried those first and when they didnt fit the shifter i figured they were wrong, so I bought the new ones which fit the shifter and now i put the engine in and found that the new cables don't fit the trans

yeah my guess is you dont have the right cables because if they where gt cables they should fit no problem. take a picture of the whole cable for us that will help us better to help u my friend

[brenton1919]

if i switch the cables they will fit the transmission but will not fit the shifter i tried those first and when they didnt fit the shifter i figured they were wrong, so I bought the new ones which fit the shifter and now i put the engine in and found that the new cables don't fit the trans

yeah my guess is you dont have the right cables because if they where gt cables they should fit no problem. take a picture of the whole cable for us that will help us better to help u my friend

hold on i take that back i can see now that i looked at the cable u dont have the right cables. u are using st shifter cables u need gt shifter cables that is your problem right there. i can tell by that gold part of the cable that those are st cables not gt

This post has been edited by brenton1919: Aug 24, 2011 - 7:45 AM