So I just bought a truck the other day. It is an 87 Dodge Ram. I have had no problems witht it but this was only my fourth time driving it. I was showing somebody how to shift from drive into overdrive and that is when I could not shift back into Neutral, park or anything. The shifter was wobbling up and down. Finally I slowly manouvered it back into park. Then I tried again, it had no problem going into reverse, nutral, or drive, I didn't dare put it into over drive again. It is giving me no problems in Reverse drive or neutral but is this a sign of something really bad. Or could it be an easy problem. He claims it is low kms and the transmission fluid was clean.. Any help would be appreciated.. Thank-You! 87 Dodge Ram V8 with a 318.. Do you think I got ripped off. The Transmission also has a second cooler on it off of a 1 ton. Any help would be appreciated I am kinda dissapointed because it is such a fresh buy ... Thanks! I also forgot to mention when I mean wobbly I mean it was off the grid or something like my notch wasn't moving but the arm was. It wasn't grabbing the gears or moving the notch to show what I was in. It still reved high but I when I got it back it seems to work fine. I never tried 1 or 2 Before and when I did thats when I got ****ed up. Can I get away wih just not using that ever and it will be fine or should I fix this before I keep driving? I'm worried !! THANKS!!

 

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I will move your post to the ram van section.