External Controls: Notes
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The selector lever linkage transfers the selected transmission operating mode from the selector lever to the transmission. The selected mode of operation, shown on the transmission selector lever indicator, is transferred through the transmission column shift selector tube, then to the selector lever cable and down to the manual control lever on the transmission.