External Controls: Notes
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The transmission selector lever cable transfers the transmission operating mode from the selector lever to the automatic transmission. The indicated position of the transmission selector lever is transferred to the transmission either through the steering column shift selector tube or through the floor shifter, then to the cable and down to the manual control lever on the transmission.