96 F250 O/d Button
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96 F250 O/d Button
Anyone know how to change the plastic end on the shift lever. It appears to be 3 pieces. Mine broke and is hanging by the wires. I tried to figure out diss. but only could manage to pop off the end cap. All is well for now, I have to shift down on the thin metal shaft but the elec. still works. Anyone?
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I had a town car that the same thing happened, and I couldn't get the plastic end off either... what I ended up doing was leeching out of the junkyard, a whole shifter with the plastic end and **** intact.
You take the plastic collar off the steering column, then undo the four bolts that hold the column up against the column support, disconnect the connector (be careful, the OD wires are a very thin gauge wire), then using a
finishing nail backwards (head first), hammer out the pin that holds the shifter in. Then work the wire out as you take the shifter off.
Replacement is the reverse. The job sounds worse than it is actually, most of my time (in the junkyard) was trying to find something to hammer the pin out... but I found a nail in the back of a junk truck so that worked
Maybe instead you cna glue it?
You take the plastic collar off the steering column, then undo the four bolts that hold the column up against the column support, disconnect the connector (be careful, the OD wires are a very thin gauge wire), then using a
finishing nail backwards (head first), hammer out the pin that holds the shifter in. Then work the wire out as you take the shifter off.Replacement is the reverse. The job sounds worse than it is actually, most of my time (in the junkyard) was trying to find something to hammer the pin out... but I found a nail in the back of a junk truck so that worked
Maybe instead you cna glue it?
