[Shotimes] ATX Shifter Question

[Alan Fanning]

Ron,

Upon reflection, I think the problem will resolve itself as I start to put
things back together. I was trying to move the car to make room in the
driveway, before finishing putting everything back together after doing a
blend door actuator replacement. I probably need to re-connect a wire under
the dash.  

    Alan


wrote:

> 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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