Locked in park!!!

[Landshark]

the Mrs. and I came out of a restaurant the other night (in the rain, of course) and the damn shift lock wouldn't work. no problem, i thought, i'll pop the litttle cover and undo the shift-lock manually. well, that little screwdriver that comes with the car is a P.O.S., and i ended up pretty much strippng the screw - it must have been torqued to 150 ft-lbs! i couldn't even have the car towed because it was stuck in park i got a ride home and checked the archives of this site. i found a post where Huck said to check the horn/brake lights fuse, because the shift-lock is also on that circuit. went back to the car and, sure enough, it was blown. i popped in a new fuse, and away i went!

i'd like to remind everyone to keep a spare 25A fuse handy, and to check their shift-lock override access screw to make sure it can be removed. luckily, i was close to home - this could have been ugly. THANKS, HUCK!!!

BTW, has anyone used that Craftsman device to remove stripped screws? work good?