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The transmission's 'safeties' are in the shift console, not in the transmission ... 200 1993

posted by  Ken C on  Thu Oct 12 15:29 CST 2006
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re: "...I foolishly thought that the car would stay in Park, like you can't shift out of Park from inside the car. But apparently you can shift gears from under the car - DUHHH...."

Yes!

I know that you now know this (and will never forget), but for other readers, the mechanisms that prevent you from shifting out of park, whether merely the older "push button" or the later "step on brake pedal and then push the button", are all in the shifter console. But the linkage you were working on is closer to the transmission -- between the transmission and the shift console -- so with the linkage to that console loose or disconnected, you can move the directly shift the transmission without the benefit of those safeties.

Glad you're all right.





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