That may be the case Chet. I know some have had this problem and when the cable was removed and compared to other cables, some were wound right hand, some left hand. Whatever one you have, if you could find same length Ford cables at a parts store and compare the cables, hopefully you could find one that is wound opposite the one you have in now, and try that, see if it doesn't stop the wicking of the trans
oil up the cable. Another idea is what you mentioned about an adapter which would isolate
oil from the cable, and I found one here
http://www.tristatemotorsports.com/D...ct.cfm?ID=8150 that you can review. I'll read up through the archives on SCOF and see if there are other listed solutions.