jjm3210 Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 (edited) New member here, just got a 1998 base Lumina with the 3100 engine and not sure if a 4T60 or 4T65 tranny. Only 100k miles! Anywho it seems like whenever it gets colder it gets really difficult to move the shifting lever between any gears. It doesn't feel sticky or rough, its almost like there is a super thick liquid slowing it down. Park, neutral, and all the drive gears seem to work fine, no other problems with it. Oh, and while searching for my problem I read that "nobody starts a thread by saying their 3100 runs great," so here it is! My 3100 runs great! I got the car from an uncle who just rebuilt after it threw a rod and its pretty good now. Edited March 23, 2014 by jjm3210 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schurkey Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Remove shift cable from transmission. If shifter is still stiff when cold, lubricate the shift cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjm3210 Posted March 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Where is the shift cable located? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertISaar Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 assuming column shift, my monte did the same thing for the longest time.... turns out the ball looking thing(technical term) that rolls around under the cluster was REALLY dry. i sprayed some silicone on it and worked it back and forth from park to 1 about 10 times and then it loosened up considerably. still fairly easy to move a solid year and a half later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjm3210 Posted March 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Did you take a panel or two off under the steering column to get to that then? I don't want to take apart my entire dash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertISaar Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 probably. at a minimum, the cluster needs to come out, which is most easily done by pulling the lower panel and dropping the column a few inches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjm3210 Posted March 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Thanks for the replies. This sounds like a fair amount of work. Know anywhere I can find a guide of sorts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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