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dell72 · 12-30-2017, 08:16 PM

The R/1 gate lever is closest to the firewall making it difficult to hook up linkage to that lever. The other issue I experienced is without a lever hooked to the unused lever, there is no tension on that gate. When my zip tie broke it caused the shift gates to go into what I can only describe as a "lost" mode where moving the shifter would not do any thing out in the engine compartment.

I found it necessary to have another person operate the shifter while I held the unused shift lever in the engine compartment. By holding the lever it placed tension on the shifter assembly and I was able to make the lever move with the shifter so a new ziptie could be added.

I always feared this would happen when I was by self or when my wife was driving the truck causing the truck to become stuck in whatever gear it broke in. I wasn't all too concerned if this happened while I was driving as I could put the truck in drive with the engine off and limp it home, but if it happened to my wife she would most likely be stranded.

12-30-2017, 08:16 PM	#8
dell72 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Southern Wisconsin Posts: 126	Re: 3ontree column shifter used for Automatic tranny? The R/1 gate lever is closest to the firewall making it difficult to hook up linkage to that lever. The other issue I experienced is without a lever hooked to the unused lever, there is no tension on that gate. When my zip tie broke it caused the shift gates to go into what I can only describe as a "lost" mode where moving the shifter would not do any thing out in the engine compartment. I found it necessary to have another person operate the shifter while I held the unused shift lever in the engine compartment. By holding the lever it placed tension on the shifter assembly and I was able to make the lever move with the shifter so a new ziptie could be added. I always feared this would happen when I was by self or when my wife was driving the truck causing the truck to become stuck in whatever gear it broke in. I wasn't all too concerned if this happened while I was driving as I could put the truck in drive with the engine off and limp it home, but if it happened to my wife she would most likely be stranded.