Gear Selection problem

[JDGREEN8513]

This morning I went to put my automatic tranny into gear and the gear selection locked up for some reason. I tried it again and it popped. Now the gear selector is shifted over one. Park is on reverse and so on. I have no idea whats going on...?

 

[Eneurb]

Is there something wrong with the gear that is selected, or just the PRNDL indicator?? If you go 3 notches down from park, does that trans. shift into drive??

 

[JDGREEN8513]

Yeah the Transmission goes into Drive its just the indicator is on the 2 when I put it in drive. Everything got shifted down somehow.

 

[Eneurb]

The plastic bracket that attaches the PRNDL indicator cable to the steering column is probably broken.

 

[JDGREEN8513]

alright. thanks

 

[Heavymentill]

Another place you can check is the cable right at the trans there is an adjuster.

 

[DraytonDave]

Mine did the same thing a couple of weeks ago, A mechanic friend did a fix with some cable ties, It seems to work ok but will see for ow long

 

[Briscoe]

I was reading the problem you had with the shift indicator, I am having the same issue. The one on my 1995 explorer is now stuck to the far right. All the gears engaged fine, you just do not know , from the dash, what gear you are in. Is it easy to fix ?? Thanks

 

[celly]

The gear indicator is dead easy to align and replace if the need be. I did it myself when I swapped to a white faced OEM cluster. The search function turned up lots of great links, and it still does:


http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35181&highlight=gear+indicator

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61474&highlight=gear+indicator

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68689&highlight=gear+indicator

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=86758&highlight=gear+indicator

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92546&highlight=gear+indicator

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106658&highlight=gear+indicator