Can't Shift From Park When Cold
#11
My thoughts.. though I didnt think it worth writing was 'sticky lockout solenoid'. Didnt respond because I wasn't sure it applied.
I did have that sticky lockout problem in a Taurus {I think}
NOw I remember it happened to me a long time ago. Drove through deep water in an older car and the next morning I couldnt get shifted out of park.
That evening it worked fine
Only happened once and I connected the two, figured the trans side boot was cracked.
Fix would be same as parking brake sheath/cable.
Pull boot on opposite end, blow air down through sheath..
Lube {chassis or white lube} both ends of actual cable a LOT and work through full travel many times. Repeat.
You might try WD 40 from top end, but remember WD 40 is NOT a lube, it just frees up sticky parts {usually sticking from dried out lube}. I would follow with Silicone spray, at the least or come back later and do the chassis lube trick.
I did have that sticky lockout problem in a Taurus {I think}
NOw I remember it happened to me a long time ago. Drove through deep water in an older car and the next morning I couldnt get shifted out of park.
That evening it worked fine
Only happened once and I connected the two, figured the trans side boot was cracked.
Fix would be same as parking brake sheath/cable.
Pull boot on opposite end, blow air down through sheath..
Lube {chassis or white lube} both ends of actual cable a LOT and work through full travel many times. Repeat.
You might try WD 40 from top end, but remember WD 40 is NOT a lube, it just frees up sticky parts {usually sticking from dried out lube}. I would follow with Silicone spray, at the least or come back later and do the chassis lube trick.
Last edited by pettyfog; 12-27-2011 at 09:57 AM.
#12
Bigeffinghammer did this solve your issue? It sounds like I'm having the same one as you.
#13
I've yet to check anything, it's been too damn cold and I just got a horrible head cold, however, it's supposed to be low 40's Friday, so I might go take a look then.
UPDATE:
It was a beautiful 51 degrees today so I went under my Blazer and I found the problem (or so I assume).
It was rubbing on the frame between the transfer case and the transmission.
Image one: This is where it was rubbing
Image two: This is a poor image of the spot rubbed away
Image three: I then followed what I was told to do and sprayed some WD-40 in there
Image four: I also unbolted a cover on the transfer case to allow more slack in the cable
UPDATE:
It was a beautiful 51 degrees today so I went under my Blazer and I found the problem (or so I assume).
It was rubbing on the frame between the transfer case and the transmission.
Image one: This is where it was rubbing
Image two: This is a poor image of the spot rubbed away
Image three: I then followed what I was told to do and sprayed some WD-40 in there
Image four: I also unbolted a cover on the transfer case to allow more slack in the cable
Last edited by BigEffingHammer; 01-06-2012 at 06:38 PM.
#14
Welp, attempting to fix that did not work at all for me. On the next extremely cold day I was late for work and it was not working, so I was really wrenching on the shifter, and once I was able to shift it into drive and go, when I got to work, it wouldn't shift back into park, it would just be out of gear, so I just went ahead and replaced the entire shift cable.
$96.XX from my dealership, took a couple hours because I was learning as I was doing it, I could probably replace it again in ~45 minutes.
$96.XX from my dealership, took a couple hours because I was learning as I was doing it, I could probably replace it again in ~45 minutes.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
grounded87
2nd Generation S-series (1995-2005) Tech
5
06-29-2011 09:12 PM
bama1fan
2nd Generation S-series (1995-2005) Tech
5
01-12-2011 07:30 PM
TheBigOldDog
2nd Generation S-series (1995-2005) Tech
3
07-07-2010 05:11 PM
AntonyJ1214
2nd Generation S-series (1995-2005) Tech
2
01-03-2010 10:21 PM