87-93 aod shifter handle removal

[jason89gt]

Does anyone konw how to remove the shifter handle on a aod 87-93 ? Also i need to adjust the selector line to match up with the letters for each gear. If anyone knows how to do both i would really appreciate it . Thanks jason

 

[PJB]

Press the button in and pull up hard.

 

[TRWXXA]

The end of the shift linkage is slotted where it is bolted to the shift lever on the transmission. Loosen the nut and adjust the linkage so that the indicator on the shifter is in the correct position.

 

[BullittAndy]

Press the button in and pull up hard.

I used a small hammer and tapped it, its on tight and you might break your face yanking too hard.

 

[Roland69]

pull it down to 1st gear and push button in and pull like a mofo

 

[rpm182000]

Yes, I asked this same question. And mine I didn't have to pull that hard. I was gettin ready to and pulled and I allmost wound up in the back seat.

 

[jason89gt]

Does anyone know if the shift indicator doesn't match up exactly on the shifter if that can be adjusted. I do not have the cable on yet just going by the clicks within the shifter. Thanks for the info on the handle but if this can't be adjusted i'm not going to mess with the handle. thanks jason

 

[BK_CAULEY]

jb weld

yea me and my cousin RPM182000 found out a few weekends back that the nut job that had my car before jb welded mine on the handle as well as my rear view mirror to the windsheild.

 

[superhuaman]

aaaaand lets not forget to take the ebrake off before pulling on the shifter handle. otherwise, youll spear your hand with the ebrake

 

[jason89gt]

When the handle comes off is the spring and a bunch of other clips and whatever else is in there gonna fly out? Can the selector line on the shifter be lined up with the letters on the shifter? My whole point of taking the handle off is to line up the selector line if this can't be lined up i don't need to take the handle off and end up breaking something. Thanks for all your help. Jason

 

[superhuaman]

you dont take the handle off to adjust the shift indicator, only to replace it. to adjust the shift indicator, you actually need to crawl under the car and adjust the shift cable @ the tranny.

 

[jason89gt]

aod handle

The trans is not even in the car right now nor is the cable on the shifter. I'm just trying to line the selector line to the letters on the shifter. Park selector should line up with P push button in and put it in reverse should line up with R click sould be in neutral N click drive right now selector is between neutral and drive not lined up with drive and it gets worse from there. Hopefully this helps out thanks jason

 

[superhuaman]

well then theres something broken because the pointer goes around the shifter rod that the handle attaches to. go ahead and remove the handle, trim, and the 4 bolts that hold the indicator to the shifter base. someone probably had it apart and broke something.

 

[$uperstang]

Going down the track once shifting and it came off in my hand I was so full of adreniline

 

[Jaswir]

Going down the track once shifting and it came off in my hand I was so full of adreniline

ive done it twice!

 

[GearHd6]

When the handle comes off is the spring and a bunch of other clips and whatever else is in there gonna fly out? Jason

Yep, keep your hand on the button or tape the button in. Once the handle comes free from the shifter arm that button will fly out and the spring will be history.

 

[jason89gt]

I've got the shifter apart there doesn't seem that anything is broken the indicator goes around the shifter (tube) and it moves with the shifter. I don't know why it won't line up park rev neutral line up od drive 1 don't line up thanks Jason

 

[superhuaman]

if some of the positions line up but others dont, then your problem is the transmission, not the shifter. i had that problem too. i put a tbird AOD in my mustang, it had a different shift lever on the transmission (longer). so that the gears were further apart. it sounds like you put your shifter cable on in park or reverse or neutral, and the other gears dont line up because the shifter gate does not match the transmission detents.

 

[jason89gt]

But the trans is not even in the car nor is the cable on the shifter! The shifter is bolted to the tunnel thats it. Its like the little needle isn't aligned right maybe a bushing missing not sure. The little needle goes around the shifter and moves with it indicating what gear it will be in. thanks Jason

 

[superhuaman]

i guess you should just replace it then