Service Procedure

1. Disconnect the negative battery cable.

2. Remove the driver's side knee blocker.

3. Vehicles equipped with a tilt steering column, place the column tilt in its full down position.

4. Vehicles equipped with a tilt steering column, remove the tilt column lever handle.

5. Loosen the four (4) steering column mounting nuts to partially lower the steering column.

6. Remove the lower steering column cover retaining screws.

7. Separate and remove the upper and lower steering column covers.

8. Remove the four (4) steering column mounting nuts and lower the column.

9. Disconnect the white gear shift handle overdrive switch connector.

10. Disconnect the transmission gear shift cable from the steering column gear shift housing ball stud.





11. Using a male 25T Torx� driver, remove the three fasteners that retain the gear shift module to the steering column (Figure 1).

12. Rotate the gear shift module assembly towards the steering wheel and remove it from the steering column assembly.

13. Unclip the overdrive shift switch wiring harness from the metal spring clip on the gear shift blocker bracket.





14. Pull on the gear shift lever to compress the gear shift lever spring and temporarily insert a pencil (or equivalent) between the gear shift lever and gear shift housing to release any spring tension on the gear shift blocker bracket (Figure 2).

15. Using a male 25T Torx driver, remove the gear shift lever pivot screw and associated flat and wave washers.

CAUTION:
Keep all of the washers in the order they were removed.

16. Remove and discard the original gear shift blocker bracket assembly from the gear shift housing.





17. Clean and lightly lubricate the white plastic bushing located under the gear shift blocker bracket assembly with Lubriplate� white grease (Figure 3).

18. With the white plastic bushing in place on the gear shift lever housing, install the new gear shift blocker assembly (Figure 3).

19. Clean and lightly lubricate the black plastic washer, wave washer and steel washer with Lubriplate white grease (Figure 3).

20. Install the wave washer, black plastic washer and flat steel washer in the order shown in Figure 3 while aligning the square holes in the steel washer with the alignment tabs on the gear shift housing.

21. Install gear shift lever pivot screw and tighten to 105 in. lbs. (12 N.m) (Figure 3).

22. Pull on the gear shift lever to compress the gear shift lever spring and remove the pencil.

23. Clip the overdrive gear shift switch wiring harness into the plastic clip located on the gear shift blocker bracket.

24. Place the gear shift module assembly into position on the steering column.





CAUTION:
Be sure that the gear shift blocker pin is inserted into the steering column slide bracket hole (Figure 4).

25. Install the three (3) shift module assembly mounting screws and tighten them to 105 in. lbs. (12 N�m) (Figure 1).

26. Connect the transmission gear shift cable to the steering column gear shift housing ball stud.

27. Connect the white gear shift handle overdrive switch connector to the instrument panel wiring harness.

28. Install the upper and lower steering column covers.

29. Install the lower steering column cover retaining screws.

30. Install the gear shift lever boot.

31. Lift the steering column into position and install the four (4) steering column mounting nuts. Tighten the nuts to 21 ft. lbs. (28 N.m).

32. Vehicles equipped with a tilt steering column, install the tilt column lever handle.

33. Install the driver��s side knee blocker.

34. Connect the negative battery cable.

35. Verify that the steering column and gear shift lever is functioning properly and that the key cannot be removed if the gear shift lever is not in the "Park" position.