Shifting out of Park issues.
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Yeah, that rotor gets in the way, and its only an additional 3-4 minutes to get the brake parts off. Makes it a lot easier overall.
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As it stands, the side cover is back on, the subframe is lifted and bolted back up, and I coincidentally noticed that I need a new balljoint as the rubber boot protecting it was completely shredded and it won't last much longer like that.
In any case, here'* my progress.
That plate probably prevents the car from being pushed into park while its moving. It can be pushed down fairly easily with the rod as you're inserting it. I first had issues because I thought it was supposed to be rotated.
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Shifter linkage plate. The second picture shows the notch that'* open to allow the parking pawl rod to fit through.
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Here'* the plate bolted back up and the pawl inserted. This part took me 1 hour. I've forgotten that when I work late at night, I sometimes forget the stupidest things, such as the direction in which you're supposted to rotate a nut to screw it on. I was trying to screw that 15mm nut on in reverse. :facepalm:
![](http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b37/SirMaverick00/95%20Buick%20Regal/IMG_3471.jpg)
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Here'* the spring I mentioned earlier, and the picture of it installed:
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And here'* the clearance you have between the subframe and the transmission at the frontmost bolt (the closest one to the subframe) with the replacement bolts I put in to get rid of those T40 torx bolts:
In any case, here'* my progress.
That plate probably prevents the car from being pushed into park while its moving. It can be pushed down fairly easily with the rod as you're inserting it. I first had issues because I thought it was supposed to be rotated.
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Shifter linkage plate. The second picture shows the notch that'* open to allow the parking pawl rod to fit through.
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Here'* the plate bolted back up and the pawl inserted. This part took me 1 hour. I've forgotten that when I work late at night, I sometimes forget the stupidest things, such as the direction in which you're supposted to rotate a nut to screw it on. I was trying to screw that 15mm nut on in reverse. :facepalm:
![](http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b37/SirMaverick00/95%20Buick%20Regal/IMG_3471.jpg)
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Here'* the spring I mentioned earlier, and the picture of it installed:
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And here'* the clearance you have between the subframe and the transmission at the frontmost bolt (the closest one to the subframe) with the replacement bolts I put in to get rid of those T40 torx bolts:
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All in all here'* my list of costs:
$60 for 8 quarts of Dex VI Trans Fluid
$20 for a transmission filter and gasket
$27 for the parking pawl rod, shipped
$3 for bolts to replace the torx bolts
I called a transmission shop before starting this and they quoted me $800. I called other transmission shops in the area and all of them insisted that they wouldn't do it without pulling the engine, so their price was around the same.
Looks like I saved about $700 doing this myself.
In the process, I replaced a balljoint that seemed like it was going bad, and did an oil change. Car runs perfectly now, and shifts like butter. Dex VI definitely made a huge difference over the 20k mile old Dex III I used previously.
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I'm not afraid to get dirty. So long as I'm making less per hour than I'd have to pay a shop to fix my car, I'll fix it myself.
It felt great to have it done. I went out did some nice WOT runs. The car has been sitting for over 2 months.
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Good job!! I spent all last weekend swapping engines and boy does my body feel it. But its good knowing that I was able to do it myself and save 15% on my car insur.... oh boy. LOL,
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