im gonna use my truck to pull the LR slightly to allow the tranny to shift. then make sure i park it on flat land until i replace the switch

 

local rover shop just told me that pulling the truck will not allow the tranny to release. in any case they had a switch in stock so i will go pick it up and replace it.

 

From another forum:

unplug your rear window defroster and rear brake light connection at the back window, insert an 10 amp fuse, press your rear defroster switch on your instrument panel. this should unlock your shift interlock.

it also means your brake switch is bad.

 

I have also heard of that but do not know if it works or not, and why do you have to insert a fuse? Why cant you just turn the rear defroster on?

Sloppyjoe, you are now our official guine pig on this, start the truck and turn on the rear defroster, can you shift out of park?
Then unplug the rear defroster at the back window, insert the fuse, can you shift out of park?
Let us know, we will be waiting with baited breath to know what works and what doesnt.

 

I think the power from the defroster gets to the light through the fuse, which makes the solenoid unlock thus allowing you to shift out of park. I have also heard of people using a paper clip instead of the 10A fuse.

 

well got the switch. cost me $20. will swap the part out when i get home. hope that is the issue.

make me the guiney pig,,,i dont think so. thats all i need is too blow up my rover on day 2 of ownership,,,


jerks!!!

 

on second thought i will try it out when i get home,,,,

i may be in a scientific kinda mood...

 

replaced the switch,,,,

fixed!!!!


thanks everyone

 

I only read the first page of posts, so forgive me if someone already has said this: The transmission shift linkage is resting against the parking pawl inside the transmission, when you park on a slope and the vehicle rolls that little bit, the parking pawl becomes wedged tighter against the shift linkage making it extremely hard, or impossible to shift out of park. To avoid this, when you park, apply the parking brake so the vehicle doesn't roll.

 

this i know,,,,

i have been driving for some time now :P

what i did not know was why the truck stopped allowing me to shift, period.


i just figured it was rejecting me.