[Shotimes] ATX Shifter Question

[Co-op User]

I have had problems with that switch in the past (BOO I think it is
called).  I found that one foot on the brake and another foot jiggling
the switch will allow the shifter to be pulled out of park.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Ron Childs
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 10:21 AM
To: Alan Fanning; SHOtimes
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] ATX Shifter Question

Have you checked to see that your brake lights are working? The
mechanism that requires a foot on the brake to shift out of park may be
at work here. 
   
  -Ron
  

Alan Fanning <Awfanning@earthlink.net> wrote:
  A short while back, I wrote about an electrical problem I was having
after
replacing the blend door actuator. Turns out I'd pinched some wires when
re-installing the steering column the second time - after having to
remove
the dash again to extract the socket I'd dropped down the defroster vent
during the first install. Some jobs are better left to the pro's! ;-)

Anyway, I've got the dash re-installed and the electrical gremlins
fixed, so
today we have a new problem: I can't shift out of Park - or at least I
couldn't until I disconnected the mechanism that locks the tranny lever
in
park. This is all without the console attached, btw.

So, the shifter is held in Park as a result of a steel "pin" (for lack
of a
better term) that appears to be pulled into position by a single wire
that
goes forward from the shift mechanism towards the dash. When you push
the
little button on the shift lever, this steel pin is supposed to be
pushed
down out of the way by a plastic rod that runs down the ID of the shift
lever, but it wouldn't budge for me until I disconnected the little
wire.

Anybody know what this wire goes to under the hood and what allows it to
release? Seems like it might be actuated by the brake pedal being
depressed,
but even starting the car and putting my foot on the brake pedal didn't
cause it to release.

Thanks.

Alan
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