Manually shifting transmission arm?

1998 FORD EXPEDITION

223,467 MILES • 5.6L • V8 • 4WD • AUTOMATIC

HAVIC 53

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Hello, checking on a problem I'm having with shifting from park to drive or reverse, the truck idles down like going into gear, drive, reverse just seems like neutral only light come on reverse but I've pull cable a loose from transmission and tried hand shift. I do have on 4 stands and a helper to in garage brake as starting it up. help, if anybody knows. Thanks

Jul 19, 2022 at 2:27 PM

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It sounds like the parking pawl mechanism has broken or jammed, you will need to drop the transmission pan, be ready for fluid to come out when doing it. This video will show how to drop the pan, and I have included how the parking pawl works so you can see what's going on once the pan is removed:

https://youtu.be/NUOBl4bqtss

Check out the diagrams (below). Let us know what happens and please upload pictures or videos of the problem.

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Jul 21, 2022 at 1:52 AM

HAVIC 53

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Thank you Ken L this is really helpful to know what has happened to cause this problem . Much appreciated Sir.

Jul 25, 2022 at 9:48 AM

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