I need to tighten up the play that exists in the indicator for the shift for my 93 Dakota Sport. I can shift between the various positions and have it appear to be in R when it is actually in N, or appear to be in P and actually be in R, etc.

I've seen some notes at another forums that apparently this can be resolved by using an adjusting screw. Unfortunately the pictures that were in the message that I saw discussing it were or are not available and therefore I'm flying blind a bit in trying to figure out how to find the right place to start trying to adjust in this area.

If the actual adjustment that needs to be done would be for the shift linkage itself, also willing to address, but could use some tips on what needs to be fixed.

Thanks much for any assistance you can lend.

 

Don't know about the 93, but on my 90, that indicator is driven by a simple string wrapped around a beveled ferrel under the steering column. The ferrel may have a screw on it to adjust, or you can just unwrap the string and rewrap. Remove the lower steering column trim (2 screws) and you'll see it.

 

And attached is a PDF with instructions; it starts as the last line of the first page, and continues to the second page.

(Cribbed from the 1995 Dakota FSM; same procedure for my 1988, and I'd presume for 1987-1996 since they all use the same PRNDL unit for automatics.)

RwP

 

Thanks Ralph, much appreciated.