I think it's the range sensor itself. Might be wrong on that though.

 

I'm no help Darin but all ears!

 

Yup, the neutral safety and back-up light switching are built into the range switch, all on the tranny. But any loosey-goosey up in the column means the switch won't click into the right positions at the right times.

 

How hard is it to pull the column down so I can take a look at things? I know lots of you have done it with your manual swaps. I've got the truck in the shop now, I have to pull my visor off in the morning, my windshield is getting installed tomorrow. I should have a chance to look at it this week.

 

I looked in the online manual again and see how to drop the column. Quite a bunch of steps, and I have more with gauges in the way. We'll see how the week goes, I'll try to get at it.

It looks like what I'm talking about could be the lower bearing. I'll find out when I get in there.

 

Darin, I have a couple auto steering columns here at the house. One of them is out of the truck and sitting in the shop with the column covers on it. If there's anything I can look at or take pics of for you, holler at me. My parts truck has an auto column in it also that I need to look at and decide if it's any good to sell. I know the shifter was a little bit loose, but it started every single time I hit the key.

 

Thanks Travis, I appreciate it. I think I'm going to pull it out tomorrow and see if I can tell what is wrong.

Got my new windshield today. Man, that is so nice! I can see again! 200 bucks and he came to my shop to install it. I didn't think that was bad.

 

That's not bad at all Darin, I paid 500 for mine!

 

YOW, did that include a movie and a candlelight dinner? They're two Benjamins and change here, in your driveway. Dude even waited for my wife to Rustoleum a couple iffy spots on the channel, and cleaned all the old pine needles out that had gathered over the decades. Lookin' through a new windshield is like getting new glasses.

 

Ya, that's kind of spendy Glenn. I probably would have cheaped out for now and not did it if it cost that much!

Pulled the column this morning. Not a bad job once a guy understands what he is doing on each step. Next time wouldn't take long. This picture with the torx bolts showing on two clamps, there are plastic bushings under them. Mine were kind of worn, allowing quite a bit of play between them and the shaft. I took the clamps off, removed the plastic bushing, wrapped some electrical tape on the shaft, put the bushings back on the tape, and put the clamps back on. It is much tighter now, and not slopping back and forth some. I don't know if it was the problem for sure or not, but I tried it half a dozen times and it worked each time, so we'll see.



I also moved my fuel pressure gauge. It was right in front of the fuel gauge on the column, and we all know what happened there. That wasn't going to work. I forgot to tell you guys earlier the last time I almost ran out too, I flipped the switch and it was a long ways below E. When I filled that tank (front) it took 19.5 gallons. I think that is a 19 gallon tank..

Here's where I put the fuel pressure gauge, I need to lengthen a few wires to it, but they reach for now, won't get accidently caught, and my back is sore from laying under that dash all morning so I quit while I was ahead.

 

I guess I got ripped, LOL!!

Good job Darin, seems like a lot of work to pull that thing but if you know how, makes a big difference.

 

Thanks Glenn, that's what I thought, seemed like a lot of work. Being the first time, it more/less was a pain in the a$$. My body doesn't flex like it used to either. Getting under there was a pain. I should have just pulled the seat and made more room. I didn't understand the directions on some of the steps, what some things were, etc, and there were hardly any pictures. It took me a couple hours to get it out, but about a half hour to put it back in and the dash back together.

 

Next winter I want to pull the dash and sound proof behind it. My nephew said its easy (haha) so I'm hoping to get his help. I suppose the steering wheel will be pulled first to do that and I think my steering wheel has some slack in it.