rays96in

Hi Everyone,
Hate to bother anyone but i have an 84 vette & was sitting in the car pulling in my garage and put it in park BUT NOPE i was still in drive... Can anyone HELP!!! Have not looked into this yet, will tomorrrow. Looking for and would be nice to have some places to Start... Thanks

gerardvg

Hi you may have a broken shifter cable to transmission, or is loose and may have come of? You should feel the clicking and some friction??

Check under the car (safely with stands) and get someone to shift from park to drive etc while looking at the linkage.

That will tell you if the fault lies with the shifter cable or transmission.

Good luck

rays96in

Yea i just checked that. shifts fine lock inside somewhere. wounder if the trans position switch

Cliff Harris

There is an adjustment at the bottom of the lever on the trans where the shifter cable connects to it. The adjustment might have slipped. There is a slot in the bottom of the shift lever. The stud that the shift cable attaches to has a nut on the back of the lever. Here's a pic (sorry for the dirty mess -- I just took this out of my car two weeks ago):



You can see the adjustment nut in this pic (Rebuilt trans in the car now. It's a LITTLE cleaner. Shift cable soon to be replaced. This picture was taken to show the cable bracket for another thread, so that's why it's in focus and the lever is blurred):

65Z01

If you are saying that it actually shifts into P but still shows D you will need to lift the shifter console cover to diagnose.

FYI, the indicator has a fork that engages a pin on the side of the shifter.

vette40509

You need shifter fluid fromKaleCoAuto.

rays96in

no it is inside trans

rays96in

I hope that it. Think i gotta rebuild

jhammons01

^^Don't go off the deepend, that cable is just held on with a clip.....anything could have happened to that clip in 28 years. Once you get under there and get a little greasy, you'll see.......you'll need a new clip and a washer.....< $2.00

rays96in

Yes sir i dropped the trans pan and found the retainer clip on the little rod that controls what gear your in. So i drilled a hole in the rod and washer and cotter pinned fixxxxxxed... Thank you all for your Help. Ray