Delica Canada | Mitsubishi Van Club

Hi Everyone,

Thought I should introduce myself and thank everyone who has provided assistance with some of my questions. I just brought back an L400 from Vancouver on November 12. So far I love it, but there are a few minor issues to take care of. I also want to let you all know how valuable this site is and how much it has helped me already.

This morning it was pretty cold in Calgary and I went out to start the L400 and it fired up right away with no problems (I plugged it in for about 3.5 hours, it has an in-line heater). While I was scraping the windows I remembered reading about some members having problems with their gear box on cold mornings so I jumped in and went to throw it into neutral as I read that this can help warm up the transmission.

Well I could not get it out of Park. I know you need to have your foot on the brake but still I figured I was going to break the shifter off before it went into gear. I quickly ran back into the house and searched the site for this problem and within no time I found a few posts on the subject. I grabbed my hot air gun and warmed up the underside of the cockpit as suggested and then I was able to quickly find the lockout cable and giving it a good pull towards the front of the van. It was a bit awkward but I was able to get it out of park and into gear. Thanks heavens for this site as I was starting to run late.

So now I know what to do if this happens again, but has anyone adjusted this cable to give it a bit more of a pull right off the start as I really needed to pull it a pretty fair distance before it let go of the shifter. It seems to have a fixed cable-end on the brake lever end and it may be adjustable on the other end. Anyone done this? Do you need to expose the steering column or ? and how much can/should you adjust it?

Thanks for any help and I hope to one day to also contribute and not just ask.

Darren

Welcome and I see it's getting cold there.

I haven't had to adjust the lockout cable as of yet nor do I know anyone who's tried it.

Keep us posted if you do. There's a first for everything.

wow another l400 in Calgary....welcome aboard...... one day there will be a meet someplace so we can all meet up or go for a cruise someplace........

Welcome! Agreed with the others, good to see some more Deli's in Alberta

Defiantly get a Calgary run together sometime in the near future. My schedule is a bit crazy right now, but things will slow down right around the time the skiing becomes really good, so a mountain run is always on my agenda.

I will look into the Shift Lock issue as it comes up but my searches have only dug up the quick fix and not a really a good explanation of the adjustment on an L400. So it may be awhile if it doesn’t become an issue (I hope). Let you all know what I find.

Darren

well next weekend I'm heading to sunshine to go skiing not the first time i've had the l400 in the mountains but the first time taking the mobil motel skiing....I can't wait....:)