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Hard shifting into Park

Old Jun 7, 2004 | 12:30 AM
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Default Hard shifting into Park

When I try to put my car into park, the shifter has a REALLY hard time moving up to the park position. I am very gentle on my shifter when shifting into P from 3 or OD, easily shifting thru N and R but its very hard to shift into Park from that point. Tonight I really had to slam the shifter into park.

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Old Jun 7, 2004 | 01:43 AM
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Something misaligned? Not familiar with the linkage, though.
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Old Jun 7, 2004 | 10:34 AM
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I took it in. Turns out to be a broken shift retainer, some piece of plastic crap...

*sigh*...oh well...
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Old Jun 7, 2004 | 01:47 PM
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Another case of talkin to myself....

Its fixed, $0 at the dealer, little plastic clip..all fixed
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Old Jun 7, 2004 | 01:49 PM
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It'* a sign of your age. ...snicker...

Free, huh? Good deal.
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i thought the part might have been a $500 plastic clip, as it sometimes happens Did they like your modifications?
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Old Jun 7, 2004 | 08:52 PM
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They love my car..lol considering the guy that used to own it works there, but someone did a shoddy job of putting my console back together, the shift indicator light housing is not properly attached. Looks like a gotta rip it out myself and fix er
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