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dogboy
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This is not longer a problem, just kinda somethign to lookat if you are having problems.
Well, today when I was leaving work my truck would not start or anything. I turned the key, nothing, not even a click, just silent. Knowing something was wrong, I looked at a few things (starter relay/ selenoid). So, I decided to jump the starter relay on the fender. It worked!! But, the truck lerched backwards(it was in park)... Not knowing why it did that while in park, I tried shifting it. It went into Drive, but no futher. I tried going back to park. It stayed in drive.
So my dad came to get me and we figured out that we could just move the shift arm/ lever on the side of the tranny that gets pushed/ pulled by a linkage that goes to the steering shifter. We pulled that, it shifted and then it started just fine toosince it was now actually in park! So I backed it out of the parking spot, got out, got back under it and moved the arm/lever to Over Drive, and was able to drive it home, then when I got home I just had to get under it agian and pull the lever into the park position.
So, we firgured out that it was the cable housing on the cable that goes from the shifter on the steering column down to that arm on the tranny. The housing had come apart and therefor when I stopped, it stayed in gear or in reverse. I am assuming it broke as I shifted from Drive to Park when I parked at work. So, I have to replace that cable/ housing and hopefully my truck will be up and running agian. In the mean time, I get to drive my moms 07 Mazda 3, thats going to suck.
haha
Not really anything I need a solution too, I already found it. I just figured it would be good thing for people to read if they have a similar problem. Give them a place to start.
Well, today when I was leaving work my truck would not start or anything. I turned the key, nothing, not even a click, just silent. Knowing something was wrong, I looked at a few things (starter relay/ selenoid). So, I decided to jump the starter relay on the fender. It worked!! But, the truck lerched backwards(it was in park)... Not knowing why it did that while in park, I tried shifting it. It went into Drive, but no futher. I tried going back to park. It stayed in drive.
So my dad came to get me and we figured out that we could just move the shift arm/ lever on the side of the tranny that gets pushed/ pulled by a linkage that goes to the steering shifter. We pulled that, it shifted and then it started just fine toosince it was now actually in park! So I backed it out of the parking spot, got out, got back under it and moved the arm/lever to Over Drive, and was able to drive it home, then when I got home I just had to get under it agian and pull the lever into the park position.
So, we firgured out that it was the cable housing on the cable that goes from the shifter on the steering column down to that arm on the tranny. The housing had come apart and therefor when I stopped, it stayed in gear or in reverse. I am assuming it broke as I shifted from Drive to Park when I parked at work. So, I have to replace that cable/ housing and hopefully my truck will be up and running agian. In the mean time, I get to drive my moms 07 Mazda 3, thats going to suck.
hahaNot really anything I need a solution too, I already found it. I just figured it would be good thing for people to read if they have a similar problem. Give them a place to start.
