dbuser2
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- Nov 7, 2008
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- Location
- North West Louisiana
- Vehicle Year
- 1987
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.9L
- Transmission
- Automatic
I guess this is how you post a transmission issue under the transmission part of this forum. You just reply to the original post. I saw no post button to start a new conversation here. So here goes.
A4LD Detent Plate and Pawl
I have a 1987 Ranger, 2.9 that has an issue with the shifter being hard to shift into and out of Park. I could feel the restriction with the handle and feel it hanging up inside the truck. It would hang slightly at first and over time got a little more difficult and then just would get stuck. At times it was intermittently working. I removed the shift housing screws and lifted out of the way to look at the Detent plate and pawl movement. When pressing the button and sliding the shifter to the left I could see the pawl would not drop all the way down out of the Drive notch on the detent plate. I just barely pushed with my finger to clear and moved out of position ok. After playing with this thing for several minutes I came to the conclusion that over time the Push button assembly had worn over time going over the Actuator shift rod and worn the button assembly to the point it would not drop the pawl low enough to clear the detent notch. It only needs about 1/16th of an inch if that much to clear. There was a couple of times it would clear but just barely and you could feel some resistance. I don’t know if any one has ever experienced this or not, but wondered if the solution would be to file the drive detent notch just enough to clear?
A4LD Detent Plate and Pawl
I have a 1987 Ranger, 2.9 that has an issue with the shifter being hard to shift into and out of Park. I could feel the restriction with the handle and feel it hanging up inside the truck. It would hang slightly at first and over time got a little more difficult and then just would get stuck. At times it was intermittently working. I removed the shift housing screws and lifted out of the way to look at the Detent plate and pawl movement. When pressing the button and sliding the shifter to the left I could see the pawl would not drop all the way down out of the Drive notch on the detent plate. I just barely pushed with my finger to clear and moved out of position ok. After playing with this thing for several minutes I came to the conclusion that over time the Push button assembly had worn over time going over the Actuator shift rod and worn the button assembly to the point it would not drop the pawl low enough to clear the detent notch. It only needs about 1/16th of an inch if that much to clear. There was a couple of times it would clear but just barely and you could feel some resistance. I don’t know if any one has ever experienced this or not, but wondered if the solution would be to file the drive detent notch just enough to clear?