Hard time moving in drive

captkirk · Aug 30th, 2005, 08:51 AM

Is there something in the auto trans linkage that can go bad or need adjusting after a while?
I have a '91 with close to 100K and when I shaft into drive, any time, it sits there like its still in neutral. If I try a couple times or put it into D2 then back to drive it works fine.
Any ideas?

**Matt93SE** · Aug 30th, 2005, 10:59 AM

sounds like shifter bushings. do you also have problems sometimes getting the key out or getting it into park?

captkirk · Aug 30th, 2005, 12:09 PM

Never a problem getting into park, but sometimes the key is tough to turn, but it comes out w/o a problem.
What about the governor gear I have seen talked about al lot?

**Matt93SE** · Aug 30th, 2005, 06:35 PM

I'm still betting its your shifter bushings. they're only a couple bucks from the dealer and are very common to wear out. they cause this problem, but also sometimes keep the car from going into park as well. thus my questions above.

try replacing those first before you do any tranny stuff. the $4 you spend on these bushings may save you thousands in a tranny rebuild.

captkirk · Aug 31st, 2005, 12:03 PM

Does anyone have a picture or directions how to replace these shifter bushings?

**Matt93SE** · Aug 31st, 2005, 03:14 PM

buy the bushings. remove shifter console cover. self explanatory.

captkirk · Aug 31st, 2005, 06:22 PM

Thanks, thats what I am going to try.