buckee Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 I'm no mechanic. I drive an 89 Dodge Dakota (automatic) 2 wheel drive. Today I lost Park in my gear shift on the steering column. 1st is now in neutral, neutral is now in reverse, and reverse is where Park should be. Seems like everything just slipped up a notch...LOL. Now I have to park the truck and put the emergency brake on so it doesn't roll away. Does anyone know if I can fix this myself, or do I need to pay the toll to the troll ..er..I mean mechanic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoss Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Re: Truck Troubles maybe the linkage slipped. if it did its an easy fix.just crawl under the truck find were the linkage arm goes to the trans.losen the bolt and adjust it to were it needs to be. you should be able to see were it was befor it sliped if it just happened. good luck. btw im no mech. just a geuss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyhunter Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Re: Truck Troubles Hey Buckee sounds like the linkage nut loosened up some. You need to block the tires from rolling,jack the truck up on the front drivers side,put a jack stand under the drivers side,look on the drivers side of the tranny,you will see a rod coming down pointing forward to the front side of the tranny,there will be a brace that bolts into the tranny with the the rod going through it,this is your shifter linkage and there should be a nut that tightens the rod down into this brace. When you know the tranny is in park take the rod and pull it forward into the brace which is your shifter linkage and tighten the nut back down,This should have you back in proper gear placement. this is a pretty simple deal if it is all that is wrong. kyhunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Re: Truck Troubles Hey buckee do you know if your shifter has a cable that goes to the transmission or a shaft from under the hood you should be able to tell. If its a cable there is probably and adjust clip that has popped out or broken. If it is a shaft the adjustment bolt has come loose. That should be an easy fix as well. set your parking brake and chock the wheels. If you gotta friend handy have hime help to hold the brake" be carefull not to let the truck roll over you" Then find park on the shifter or neut. then manualy put the shifter rod that hooks to the transmission in park if you can i say park because you know that is all the way up or down posion the tighten bolt if it has loosen up, if it is tight look to see if it slippedthen you will have to loosen it before you start. You can pm me or send me some picks of the setup. I dont work on dodge but i stayed in a holiday inn express last night......lol no im a gm tech o 16 yeras Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted August 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Re: Truck Troubles [ QUOTE ] Hey buckee do you know if your shifter has a cable that goes to the transmission or a shaft from under the hood you should be able to tell. If its a cable there is probably and adjust clip that has popped out or broken. If it is a shaft the adjustment bolt has come loose. That should be an easy fix as well. set your parking brake and chock the wheels. If you gotta friend handy have hime help to hold the brake" be carefull not to let the truck roll over you" Then find park on the shifter or neut. then manualy put the shifter rod that hooks to the transmission in park if you can i say park because you know that is all the way up or down posion the tighten bolt if it has loosen up, if it is tight look to see if it slippedthen you will have to loosen it before you start. You can pm me or send me some picks of the setup. I dont work on dodge but i stayed in a holiday inn express last night......lol no im a gm tech o 16 yeras [/ QUOTE ] It's a shaft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted August 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Re: Truck Troubles [ QUOTE ] I dont work on dodge but i stayed in a holiday inn express last night [/ QUOTE ] LMBO..Love it. I'm going out to play with my truck...thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted August 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Re: Truck Troubles Well, I really thought I had it. Now I have it in Park, which is actually neutral, and reverse is now drive. I don't have reverse or park now. I'm frustrated. I notice I have a transmission leak also. Would low tranny fluid do funny things like that? Looks like tow-truck material to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowtechTurkeyHunter Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Re: Truck Troubles I think if it wasnt something simple and I mean real simple ... anything with the Tranny I would job out .... vehicles are absolutely no fun man ... Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Re: Truck Troubles Buckee, I think it is time to call the tow truck, get rid of it and get a new truck! Man, how much can you milk something?? You must have a million miles on it! Treat yourself to a NEW '07!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenW Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Re: Truck Troubles Steve call me in the morning i'll come over and give you a hand .If it's any thing like my old S15 it will be an simple fix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Re: Truck Troubles YIKES !! Ken you didn't just compare a Dodge to a Chevy did you ??.. Yep, sure sounds like a linkage delema to me also..Should be an easy fix,, but we are dealing with buckee here.... and Steve I told ya to stop tilting your head off to one side,,,, see what happens when you do that...... all of the fluid starts to leak out... Sure hope you get that Dodge fixed up right quick... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Re: Truck Troubles haha keep playing with the adjustment shaft youll get it no i dont think a leak wil cause that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJL Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Re: Truck Troubles It sounds to me like there might be a "loose nut" on the steering wheel. Get yourself a metric crescent wrench and see if you can tighten it up a little. just trying to help JJL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Re: Truck Troubles Sure sounds like a loose linkage Steve, a leak might make it slip, but would not cause the problem you are explaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted August 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Re: Truck Troubles Tow Truck has it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenW Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Re: Truck Troubles Yea Luke i made the mistake of thinking the dodge would be a simple repair like my old GM but no it just woudnt cooperate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted August 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Re: Truck Troubles Thanks again for coming over so early in the morning to help me out Ken. I know how much you like your beauty sleep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted August 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 Re: Truck Troubles I just talked to my mechanic, and he said something has broken in the Transmission. He also said he probably has the parts to fix it, in the shop, which is good news. Now I don't feel like a dunce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griz Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 Re: Truck Troubles [ QUOTE ] I just talked to my mechanic, and he said something has broken in the Transmission. He also said he probably has the parts to fix it, in the shop, which is good news. Now I don't feel like a dunce [/ QUOTE ] Hey that's great news... Buckee you need to settal down and quit power shiftin' that thing... You Hot Rodder you...LOL... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 Re: Truck Troubles HOTRODDER!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenW Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 Re: Truck Troubles That's good new Steve ,glad Wade found the time to check it out today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted August 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 Re: Truck Troubles [ QUOTE ] HOTRODDER!!! [/ QUOTE ] Yeah....LOL ...How do you Power-shift an automatic ?? (and they said it couldn't be done) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted August 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Re: Truck Troubles Still no truck. I can hear the cash register going ...ching, ching, ching Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mcmullin Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Re: Truck Troubles We call it a neutral drop. What you do is, put it in neutral, floor it and then put the baby in drive. Thats some Kansas fun for ya. Heck I even did it to my Hummer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailkiller Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Re: Truck Troubles [ QUOTE ] Hey Buckee sounds like the linkage nut loosened up some. You need to block the tires from rolling,jack the truck up on the front drivers side,put a jack stand under the drivers side,look on the drivers side of the tranny,you will see a rod coming down pointing forward to the front side of the tranny,there will be a brace that bolts into the tranny with the the rod going through it,this is your shifter linkage and there should be a nut that tightens the rod down into this brace. When you know the tranny is in park take the rod and pull it forward into the brace which is your shifter linkage and tighten the nut back down,This should have you back in proper gear placement. this is a pretty simple deal if it is all that is wrong. kyhunter [/ QUOTE ] yeah like he said!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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