Auto Trans Gear Shifter out of Alignment.

Crazy...looked all over the forum but didn't find anything...

This morning i turned on my ranger put i into drive and saw the gauge and it said 2 instead of D (Drive). I then put it back to D and it was in N (Neutral), but it was on the D

I went threw all the gears but it seems they are out of alignment...

Park is on R
R (Reverse) is on N
N in on the D (Drive)
D in on 2

WTF

Is there a way to adjust this? need some help here...thanks fellas...

anyone?

Adjustments

Remove the upper instrument panel steering column cover.
Place the gearshift lever in the position.
Rotate the gearshift lever clockwise until it bottoms out (first gear), then rotate two detents counterclockwise (D) position).
Hang a 3.6 kg (8 lb) weight on the gearshift lever.

Center the pointer in the middle of the 19 position.
Rotate the thumbwheel located on the bottom of the steering column to adjust the pointer.
Remove the 3.6 kg (8 lb) weight.
Carefully move the gearshift lever from detent to detent and compare with the transmission settings.
Readjust if necessary.
Install the upper instrument panel steering column cover.

Well done Al !

English Porfavor....

It IS missing a few images and steps.... in short... open er up.... pull into as far right as it will go then back into what SHOULD be the D position (2 stops back)... they want some weight on the shifter, probably not crucial.... then using the rest of the steps adjust the pointer until it says D, square bang in the middle.

See if that helps.

Glacier991 said:

It IS missing a few images and steps.... in short... open er up.... pull into as far right as it will go then back into what SHOULD be the D position (2 stops back)... they want some weight on the shifter, probably not crucial.... then using the rest of the steps adjust the pointer until it says D, square bang in the middle.

See if that helps.

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Just noticed that; thanks for pointing it out.

I simply copied it from Alldata; thats exatly have they had it with the 1 image.

My 1999 Explorer has the same problem. But I could not locate the thumbwheel to adjust the pointer. Are the steps to adj. the same for my 1999? If not, any additional help on locating the pictured thumbwheel?

Thanks, Jeff.

Welcome to this forum! The procedure should be the same. Check the links in # 19 in my list of useful threads for additional information. This link is one that should help you: http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=198087

Thanks BrooklynBay, now I know why I could not find it.

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