Hey guys, I just picked up an 85 Ram 4x4 auto. tonight that has a couple small problems. One of them being that it has no reverse.. it's not like it is slipping in reverse, more like there is no spot on the gear selector. On the column, what seems to be park is at the top, followed by drive, then nothing, backup lights come on, and drive again. Also when the truck is shut off, to pull the kes out I have to hold the gear selector all the way up with one hand and remove the key with the other. Now my main question is, are there any adjustments to fix this, do I need a new column, or am I s.o.l?

 

sounds like it might be in the linkage.
disconnect it at the tranny and check and see if the shifter operates correctly and also the tranny(apply ebrake and block the wheels first),then trouble shoot from there.

 

At first I thought linkage, but the more I read the more it sounds like a column problem.

 

Thats why I ask to disconnect from the tranny and back track.

 

well I messed with it all day today, and I thnk I got the shifter somewhat adjusted, I no longer have to hold the lever up to remove the key. However, as you run through the gears, it is now Park-what seems to be another park?-drive-drive-2-1. I still have no reverse or neutral gears.

 

I forgot to menton, that I did disconnect the linkages, and I also shifted the tranny manually from under the hood and it does as I described above.

 

I got it working today. I dumped some seafoam transtune in it and drove it for awhile and now it works like a charm