Turn Key, all power, No Start?
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Points go to Az93DKota! I tried to start the truck today and nothing. I wiggled the shifter and bingo, she started. The weird thing is, it was fine after I wiggled the shifter. Now it doesn't do it anymore? So if this become a issue, how do I go about fixing it?
Last edited by oxygen454; May 8, 2010 at 02:16 AM.
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No reason to rush into replacing something that aint broke yet! It won't leave you stranded... when the day comes that you can't start the truck in park, throw the shifter in neutral to start it, get where you need to go, and then replace it.
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Reading what 95_378SLT wrote, it sounds like there is no adjustment. Basically replace the bad switch when it goes. Or in your case, if its a constant problem and has not quit yet and is an ongoing annoyance, to replace the switch.
Im not sure how much work is involved but shouldn't be to hard to replace.
Im not sure how much work is involved but shouldn't be to hard to replace.
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Its very easy to replace... getting to it sucks though. Just unplug the harness, unthread the switch, thread the new one in, plug the harness back in. Shouldn't take more than 5 minutes with a 2 minute coffee break half way through :P
As for adjusting, you can try making a very minute adjustment on the shift linkage, but you don't want to throw the shifter or indicator off by too much.
How that switch works is that there is a contact for Park, Reverse and Neutral. The Park and Neutral contacts ground their circuit when the shifter is in Park or Neutral, so the computer knows it, and the Reverse contact completes the reverse light circuit to turn those lamps on. Adjusting the linkage by a very small amount could provide a semi-fresh contact surface, but its hard to say if it would be worth the effort or not.
As for adjusting, you can try making a very minute adjustment on the shift linkage, but you don't want to throw the shifter or indicator off by too much.
How that switch works is that there is a contact for Park, Reverse and Neutral. The Park and Neutral contacts ground their circuit when the shifter is in Park or Neutral, so the computer knows it, and the Reverse contact completes the reverse light circuit to turn those lamps on. Adjusting the linkage by a very small amount could provide a semi-fresh contact surface, but its hard to say if it would be worth the effort or not.