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Old 09-29-2007, 05:50 PM
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Car wont go into Park

Just recently got a 92 SVX. I didn't notice that park doesn'r work. Everything else with the transmission works perfectly. Could this be a shift linkage problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Old 09-29-2007, 06:00 PM
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The car won't go IN to park? Can you shift around, but not go to park? Or does it not park when you put the leaver in park?
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Old 09-29-2007, 06:04 PM
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It will go into park but once there it is as if it were in neutral.
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Old 09-29-2007, 06:21 PM
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It will go into park but once there it is as if it were in neutral.
Sounds like the parking gear might be broke...
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Old 09-29-2007, 08:02 PM
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There's literally a pin that goes into one of the shafts in the tranny that makes the car sit still in "park". Otherwise park=neutral. I doubt it'd really be worth it to have ths fixed, as long as your parking brake is functional.

If it REALLY bothers you it's likely to be expensive.
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Old 09-29-2007, 09:03 PM
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the person i bought it from said that both of her SVXs did the same thing. Sometimes the parking brake slips if the car is on a steep incline which really pisses me off.
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Old 09-29-2007, 09:13 PM
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the person i bought it from said that both of her SVXs did the same thing. Sometimes the parking brake slips if the car is on a steep incline which really pisses me off.

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Old 09-29-2007, 10:14 PM
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the person i bought it from said that both of her SVXs did the same thing. Sometimes the parking brake slips if the car is on a steep incline which really pisses me off.
Then one of two things is going on: Either you're not pulling hard enough on it or it needs adjusted to be tighter.
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The selector mechanism which engages a locking paul within the transmission, is mechanically cable operated and may be out of adjustment. This should be checked as a first resort.
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the person you bought it from needs to stop slamming the car into park
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The previous owners are members on this board (Bwana and wannarace928).
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the only time I ever broke a parking pawl I slammed my '72 T-bird into park @ about 10 mph. I heard this "PLANG" and the car didn't stop. Something about 2 tons+ of car VS a 5/16" piece of tool steel. I dunno just doesn't sound like a fair fight.
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