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Old Sep 18, 2012 | 10:06 PM
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Hi all.2000 ranger auto 3.0 wife said that she had problems starting the truck
She had wiggle the shifter to get it to start. Have not looked at it yet but i am think the newtrl safety Switch any other ideas that i would be missing
 
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Old Sep 19, 2012 | 07:13 PM
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Under those circumstances, sounds like a good suspect to me.
 
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Old Sep 20, 2012 | 09:05 AM
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Come to find out there was a screw that came out
From under the dash witch holds the shifter linkege
Put the screw back in works Great.thanksgiving
 
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Old Sep 20, 2012 | 09:18 AM
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That was a good observation, find, fix & feedback. Good to hear the fix was so simple & your on the road again.
 
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