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<x-flowed>thanks Greg, I'll have to check that whenever I get in there :) It would eventually slam into gear on its own after sitting there in what seemed like neutral for random amounts of time. VERY nerve wracking when parallel parking around all the friendly folks in Philadelphia. Ack! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Bonedaddy wrote: > > > ...the finicky automatic that would refuse to go back into drive after > a jaunt in reverse. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > At 06:06 PM 12/20/01 -0500, Greg Merritt wrote: >Hm, I bet it's like my '69 -- turned out that the little part that >passes the cable motion from outside the tranny to inside the tranny was >screwed up -- the outside lever, intended to be fixed solid to the >pass-through shaft, can pivot for a bit. This results in the driver >moving the shifter, which moves the cable, which causes nothing at all to >happen in the tranny. (Makes it seem like your cable's always going out >of adjustment, one way or the other.) > > Next time you have the pan off to change the fluid, take a look to >see if the inner & outer levers can pivot independently on the >pass-through shaft! > >-Greg > Allan Bonedaddy Erush Skeletons In My Closet Productions Grisly Gothic Gables Haunted House website www.skeletonsinmycloset.com </x-flowed>