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Old 12-27-2011, 09:51 AM
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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.
 

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Old 01-02-2012, 03:11 PM
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Bigeffinghammer did this solve your issue? It sounds like I'm having the same one as you.
 
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Old 01-03-2012, 03:31 AM
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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
 
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Old 03-04-2012, 03:52 AM
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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.
 
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