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Shift Interlock: Service and Repair

REMOVAL
1. Remove any necessary console parts for access to shift lever assembly and shifter cables.
2. Shift transmission into PARK.





3. Disconnect the transmission shift cable at shift lever and shifter assembly bracket (Fig. 252).
4. Disconnect the park-interlock cable from the shifter lever and the shifter assembly bracket.
5. Disengage all wiring connectors from the shifter assembly.





6. Remove all nuts holding the shifter assembly to the floor pan (Fig. 253).
7. Remove the shifter assembly from the vehicle.

INSTALLATION
1. Install shifter assembly onto the shifter assembly studs on the floor pan.
2. Install the nuts to hold the shifter assembly onto the floor pan. Tighten nuts to 28 Nm (250 in. lbs.).
3. Install wiring harness to the shifter assembly bracket. Engage any wire connectors removed from the shifter assembly.
4. Install the park-interlock cable into the shifter assembly bracket and into the shifter lever.
5. Install the shift cable to the shifter assembly bracket. Push cable into the bracket until secure.
6. Place the floor shifter lever in park position.
7. Loosen the adjustment screw on the shift cable.
8. Snap the shift cable onto the shift lever pin.
9. Verify that the shift lever is in the PARK position.
10. Tighten the adjustment screw to 7 Nm (65 in. lbs.).
11. Verify correct shifter operation.
12. Verify proper BTSI operation. Adjust the park-interlock cable as necessary.
13. Install any console parts removed for access to shift lever assembly and shift cables.