Thallarsen
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- Joined
- February 21, 2000
- Messages
- 126
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- City, State
- Potomac, Maryland
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '99 5.0 Limited AWD
Here's a fix. (Mine's a '99. Your's may be different..
)
One day after going over a particularly brutal pothole (Washington DC's finest roads) I noticed that my indicator said that I was in "2" instead of "D".
So I shifted into "D" and had no power at all. I figured that my tranny had finally given up & in a big way.
After going thru the gears, I noticed that I did have engagement, and actually it was the shift indicator that was off one position to the right.
Turns out that there's a small white plastic retaining clip that holds an adjuster wheel under the dash. This wheel adjusts the shift indicator cable, which in turn moves the little red indicator. The white retaining clip had broken, and the spring-loaded cable had more slack in it that normal.
This clip is accessible from under the dash. No need to remove the gauge cluster or the surround. You only need to remove the plastic panel under the steering wheel (has the indents for the parking brake, OBDII plug and the hood release.
After removing that, you'll need to remove a metal 'collision panel' that protects your knees if you run into something hard, like a stopped car in front of you.
After that panel is removed look for the white retainer, the black wheel and the indicator cable.
Two cable ties run criss-cross will hold the clip together and put the wheel back to where it should be.
180k on this truck, and this is the only type of problems that I've had. I'll take that anyday. What a vehicle!
The first (out of focus) shows the broken piece next to the wheel.
The second picture (out of focus) shows the cable tie fix. The last pic. shows the view up from the floor (before the fix.
) One day after going over a particularly brutal pothole (Washington DC's finest roads) I noticed that my indicator said that I was in "2" instead of "D".
So I shifted into "D" and had no power at all. I figured that my tranny had finally given up & in a big way.
After going thru the gears, I noticed that I did have engagement, and actually it was the shift indicator that was off one position to the right.
Turns out that there's a small white plastic retaining clip that holds an adjuster wheel under the dash. This wheel adjusts the shift indicator cable, which in turn moves the little red indicator. The white retaining clip had broken, and the spring-loaded cable had more slack in it that normal.
This clip is accessible from under the dash. No need to remove the gauge cluster or the surround. You only need to remove the plastic panel under the steering wheel (has the indents for the parking brake, OBDII plug and the hood release.
After removing that, you'll need to remove a metal 'collision panel' that protects your knees if you run into something hard, like a stopped car in front of you.
After that panel is removed look for the white retainer, the black wheel and the indicator cable.
Two cable ties run criss-cross will hold the clip together and put the wheel back to where it should be.
180k on this truck, and this is the only type of problems that I've had. I'll take that anyday. What a vehicle!
The first (out of focus) shows the broken piece next to the wheel.
The second picture (out of focus) shows the cable tie fix. The last pic. shows the view up from the floor (before the fix.
