mckinney

ok i have 98z automatic lately ive been having issues shifting out of park to drive. the actual **** is hard to press down on.. anybody have same issues..any suggstions???

Mikes96z

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Spring in the button broken? A new ****? Might be time for a B&M Shifter

2001NBMZ28

To see if it's the **** put it in neutral, pull the staple out and pull the **** off - see if it does the same thing.

mckinney

well see it only does it whn is in park whn is on drive or neutral is fine... do yall usually use the e-brake whn yall park...

2001NBMZ28

I never use my ebrake, and my driveway is on a slight incline - maybe something else is going on, I'll thumb through my helms tomorrow if you don't get an answer.

ghardester

This is a fairly common problem with auto F-bods. The shifter **** will probably need to be replaced.

chromeplated500

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i took my *** off my '95 to see if that was the problem.
.. turned out it was gunked and cracked.

mckinney

oh ok yeah someone also told me tht it may need to be lubed or the spring my be goin out....

Formula413

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If you do park on an incline it's a good idea to support the car with the parking brake, put it in neutral and set the brake, then release the foot brake, then put it in park so the brakes are holding the car and not the tranny.

Mikes96z

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Saves your parking pawl too.

RoDan

I had this same problem, but i couldnt get the damn thing out of park unless i beat on the button. I took the console out to check things out. Under the console, up near where the cig lighter would, there is this black solenoid looking thing that connects to the shifter linkage from the button. I unhooked it for *****, and tested it. Problem was gone. I figured it was there for a reason, probably to prevent being able to put the car in neutral without the key in the ignition, so I tested that. With the key on, I can put the car in park and it will come out no problem, with the key off it locks like it's supposed to. That fixed the problem for me, so i left it like that...no problems since. I still don't know exactly what that black thing was for, but I dont care....it works great.

try pulling the connector off of it, and see if that fixes your problem. I bet it will. You might be able to get to it by removing that cubby hole next to the cig lighter, i think it is right under that hole, but I could be wrong. Try that before you pull the whole console.

mckinney

kool well thnx for all the info im gonna try tht..