Originally Posted by GOLD72

Not much room but let the left hand tunnel wall serve as your second hand. The shifter lever bottom is reasonably close to the left side wall so push the lever bottom to the left wall and use your right hand or perhaps a large screwdriver in your right hand to push the cable eyelet onto the shifter pin. At least that is what I seem to remember from last year when I did this. (or I may have used the torque tube on the right side for the assist.) I don't know about the 10" needle nose pliers with a bent tip. Might be too big for working inside the grommet ID. My biggest worry in replacing the grommet was dropping tools into the tunnel. Once the grommet was snapped into place with silicon spray and several gentle attempts with a pair of standard adjustable pliers searching for just the right alignment of the grommet to eyelet, reconnecting the cable to the shifter pin was relatively uneventful and straight forward in all reality.

Originally Posted by Badda Bing

Second time was a charm. I have to say that without everyone's help I would not have been able to do this. For the life of me I would never have found the shift boot clips that needed to be released without your help. It was not easy at 6'4", 210 lbs and poor eye sight. Most importantly it was actually seeing those clips that needed to be released. the whole job took me 2 hours this time. It's done... Thanx all

Originally Posted by C6VetteMan

Finally got the shifter out. Bushing is in and waiting for new shifter on Friday. I think I"m on my way. Thanks to everyone.

Originally Posted by C6VetteMan

Installed my new shifter. Should the car start with the console off, leaving the hazzard flashers, heated seats, and cig lighters disconnected?

Originally Posted by LV2TOUR

Yes, as long as the transmission is in Park or Neutral. The other switches have no bearing on the starting circuit.

Originally Posted by C6VetteMan

All is good! Time for a glass of wine

Originally Posted by C6VetteMan

All is good! Time for a glass of wine

Originally Posted by anthony2823

A lot of great info here,

Quick question, I may be looking at the photos wrong, I see where you drilled the hole but why was it necessary?

(yes I read the answers to the other guy which asked this question too)

From the photos it looks like there are two holes in that part already, can you just fit a wire through them instead of having to drill a new one all the way up top?

Like I said I may be looking at the pictures incorrectly as it looks like there are two holes in that part already right below where you drilled your hole.

Originally Posted by anthony2823

A lot of great info here,

Quick question, I may be looking at the photos wrong, I see where you drilled the hole but why was it necessary?

Originally Posted by v8rx7com

Quick answer .... it's not necessary

Having done this 3 times to 3 different cars, .... 5 seconds with a pair of dikes (diagonal cutting pliers) to snip off the plastic locking pawl off will also take care of the problem.

Others ... have chosen to drill a hole in the locking pawl in order to tie the locking pawl in the up position (instead of cutting the locking pawl off) .... but the result is the same with either method you choose:

"no more stuck in park"

Originally Posted by v8rx7com

I did this "fix" on my 2005 a couple of years ago.

I offered to help Sparky (ufso) to do the same "fix" to his 2005.

A mutual friend of Sparky and I was having the same problem with his 2007 A6.

After reading several forum posts about the 2006+ A6 shifter being different, I was not sure if we would be able to do the same "fix" with the 2007, but we were willing to give it a try.

Turns out ....the 2007 A6 shifter has the same solenoid controlled latch that fails in the 2005 A4 shifter and the "fix" was the same.

I'm using the word fix in quotes ("fix") because by doing this "fix" you are disabling the shifter lock mechanism which is considered a safety feature (do so at your own risk). The "correct" fix would be to spend a lot of money to replace the whole shifter assembly (that could fail again).



Two helpful hints that I didn't see anyone else post:

#1 - After you remove the radio surround, as seen here:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...l-removal.html


You also need to remove the shifter boot housing, there are (2 prong) release clips located on the shifter boot housing (one towards the dash side and the other towards the center console side). To release these clips, you need to pinch the tabs together while pulling up on the shift boot at the same time. We used 2 small flat head screw drivers at both sides of the tabs to push the tabs together.

Here is a drawing I made to "hopefully" explain this better:



#2 – Make sure the orange shift indicator (the indicator that shows you what gear you are in when you shift gears) is working properly before you reassemble everything back together. The shift indicator connects to the shifter via a small round tab that is inserted into a hole in a plastic part located on the side of the shifter shaft. It will likely come un-done when you pull up on the shift boot. It’s easy to put back together, but it can also be easily overlooked during reassembly. The red arrow below shows where the shift indicator comes disconnected from the shifter.

Originally Posted by HammerheadTed

I did this fix yesterday on my 05 z51 and it went well thanks to the instructions here. I had the most trouble getting the gear shift indicator post back into the gear shift slot. I finally pulled the elastic edge of the gear shift boot up off the thick plastic ring it's on and then by putting the car in 2nd where the post and receiver are toward the back, I could reach down between the gear selector and indicator with a finger to guide them together. This was driving me batty for about 15 min.

Originally Posted by v8rx7com

I did this "fix" on my 2005 a couple of years ago.

I offered to help Sparky (ufso) to do the same "fix" to his 2005.

A mutual friend of Sparky and I was having the same problem with his 2007 A6.

After reading several forum posts about the 2006+ A6 shifter being different, I was not sure if we would be able to do the same "fix" with the 2007, but we were willing to give it a try.

Turns out ....the 2007 A6 shifter has the same solenoid controlled latch that fails in the 2005 A4 shifter and the "fix" was the same.

I'm using the word fix in quotes ("fix") because by doing this "fix" you are disabling the shifter lock mechanism which is considered a safety feature (do so at your own risk). The "correct" fix would be to spend a lot of money to replace the whole shifter assembly (that could fail again).



Two helpful hints that I didn't see anyone else post:

#1 - After you remove the radio surround, as seen here:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...l-removal.html


You also need to remove the shifter boot housing, there are (2 prong) release clips located on the shifter boot housing (one towards the dash side and the other towards the center console side). To release these clips, you need to pinch the tabs together while pulling up on the shift boot at the same time. We used 2 small flat head screw drivers at both sides of the tabs to push the tabs together.

Here is a drawing I made to "hopefully" explain this better:



#2 – Make sure the orange shift indicator (the indicator that shows you what gear you are in when you shift gears) is working properly before you reassemble everything back together. The shift indicator connects to the shifter via a small round tab that is inserted into a hole in a plastic part located on the side of the shifter shaft. It will likely come un-done when you pull up on the shift boot. It’s easy to put back together, but it can also be easily overlooked during reassembly. The red arrow below shows where the shift indicator comes disconnected from the shifter.

Originally Posted by GOLD72

However, drilling the hole and tying back the pawl allows you to reverse this action later if you don't feel comfortable selling the car like this.

Originally Posted by EVRose

It's been getting worse and worse and after being stuck for half an hour on Saturday I decided enough is enough and disabled the shift lock on Sunday. Took about an hour. Did not have to take the console all the way off. Only disconnected the active handling switch harness and the passenger seat belt light then propped the console up on the e-brake handle. The red thing is propping the shifter cover up.





Here's an updated picture.