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"The Kid" is closing on his house today. backing his van up a steep hill
with a heavy trailer, he put it in park and got out to make sure he wasn't going to hit anything. Now, its stuck. I leave in a bit over an hour to help him out and loan him a car if there's not a quick fix. He did jack up one rear wheel to relieve pressure, no joy. Any quick ideas? Karl |
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If a rear drive vehicle, jacking up one rear wheel probably would not relieve pressure through the
differential. Usual fix is to push (jog) the vehicle against the direction of the jam to relieve pressure; then take it out of park. Bob Swinney "Karl Townsend" wrote in message news.com... "The Kid" is closing on his house today. backing his van up a steep hill with a heavy trailer, he put it in park and got out to make sure he wasn't going to hit anything. Now, its stuck. I leave in a bit over an hour to help him out and loan him a car if there's not a quick fix. He did jack up one rear wheel to relieve pressure, no joy. Any quick ideas? Karl |
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Karl Townsend wrote:
"The Kid" is closing on his house today. backing his van up a steep hill with a heavy trailer, he put it in park and got out to make sure he wasn't going to hit anything. Now, its stuck. I leave in a bit over an hour to help him out and loan him a car if there's not a quick fix. He did jack up one rear wheel to relieve pressure, no joy. Any quick ideas? Karl Geez, if that thing is sitting on a hill with a loaded trailer and just that parking pawl stopping it..... |
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"Robert Swinney" wrote in message ... If a rear drive vehicle, jacking up one rear wheel probably would not relieve pressure through the differential. Usual fix is to push (jog) the vehicle against the direction of the jam to relieve pressure; then take it out of park. Sounds like a plan, I'll bring a come along to try and pull it backward and an old tire to push on it if that don't go. karl |
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On 05/24/2010 08:37 AM, Karl Townsend wrote:
"The Kid" is closing on his house today. backing his van up a steep hill with a heavy trailer, he put it in park and got out to make sure he wasn't going to hit anything. Now, its stuck. I leave in a bit over an hour to help him out and loan him a car if there's not a quick fix. He did jack up one rear wheel to relieve pressure, no joy. Any quick ideas? I always forget the basics in situations like this. I'm one of those guys who will have the TV or computer ripped half apart before I realize that it's unplugged, or that the circuit breaker to the plug got turned off when we were rewiring that switch and oh yea, we never turned it back on, etc. Of course, other than a jammed transmission, the only basic that I can think of is the linkage. Be sure to check the linkage. And don't get rolled over by a van, then a trailer, if you happen to be underneath when you get it unjammed. -- Tim Wescott Control system and signal processing consulting www.wescottdesign.com |
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In article , RBnDFW wrote:
Geez, if that thing is sitting on a hill with a loaded trailer and just that parking pawl stopping it..... Ever taken a transmission apart, and seen just how heavy that pawl actually is? It's a pretty stout piece of very hard steel. |
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Only if the differential is a locking type. Even limited
slip will relieve pressure. My opinion is that the parking pawl is beginning to shear and is unable to withdraw from the drum. phil "Robert Swinney" wrote in message ... If a rear drive vehicle, jacking up one rear wheel probably would not relieve pressure through the differential. Usual fix is to push (jog) the vehicle against the direction of the jam to relieve pressure; then take it out of park. Bob Swinney "Karl Townsend" wrote in message news.com... "The Kid" is closing on his house today. backing his van up a steep hill with a heavy trailer, he put it in park and got out to make sure he wasn't going to hit anything. Now, its stuck. I leave in a bit over an hour to help him out and loan him a car if there's not a quick fix. He did jack up one rear wheel to relieve pressure, no joy. Any quick ideas? Karl |
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On Mon, 24 May 2010 11:04:27 -0500, RBnDFW
wrote: Karl Townsend wrote: "The Kid" is closing on his house today. backing his van up a steep hill with a heavy trailer, he put it in park and got out to make sure he wasn't going to hit anything. Now, its stuck. I leave in a bit over an hour to help him out and loan him a car if there's not a quick fix. He did jack up one rear wheel to relieve pressure, no joy. Any quick ideas? Karl Geez, if that thing is sitting on a hill with a loaded trailer and just that parking pawl stopping it..... Could be, but more likely he let it get on the pawl before setting the brakes. Has he reversed the order, he wouldn't be in this pickle. He's the one who has the diesel truck issue, too. I hope the rest of his move is uneventful. Pete Keillor |
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Karl... Do you have a large prybar, some kind of a strong plate and a helper?
Assuming this is a four wheeler trailer... I would 1) Put chocks under the trailer's rear pair of wheels 2) unhook the trailer 3) Put the plate under the front wheel of the trailer 4) Push front tires of the trailer, to move back, inch by inch, with a big prybar 5) Have your helper move the chocks back too This should move the trailer away from the truck. Then your truck is not pushed as hard. i |
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"Karl Townsend" wrote in message news.com... "The Kid" is closing on his house today. backing his van up a steep hill with a heavy trailer, he put it in park and got out to make sure he wasn't going to hit anything. Now, its stuck. I leave in a bit over an hour to help him out and loan him a car if there's not a quick fix. He did jack up one rear wheel to relieve pressure, no joy. Any quick ideas? Karl If this is a van built in the last decade or so, check the brake light fuse and the lights themselves. If they don't light when you depress the brakes, that's your problem. I found this out the hard way. g I can't give you specifics, but that is a VERY common problem with recent vehicles stuck in park. -- Ed Huntress |
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On 05/24/2010 09:59 AM, Ed Huntress wrote:
"Karl wrote in message news.com... "The Kid" is closing on his house today. backing his van up a steep hill with a heavy trailer, he put it in park and got out to make sure he wasn't going to hit anything. Now, its stuck. I leave in a bit over an hour to help him out and loan him a car if there's not a quick fix. He did jack up one rear wheel to relieve pressure, no joy. Any quick ideas? Karl If this is a van built in the last decade or so, check the brake light fuse and the lights themselves. If they don't light when you depress the brakes, that's your problem. I found this out the hard way.g I can't give you specifics, but that is a VERY common problem with recent vehicles stuck in park. Some stupid lockout circuit, that won't let you shift to park unless the brakes are on? Argh. -- Tim Wescott Control system and signal processing consulting www.wescottdesign.com |
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"Tim Wescott" wrote in message ... On 05/24/2010 09:59 AM, Ed Huntress wrote: "Karl wrote in message news.com... "The Kid" is closing on his house today. backing his van up a steep hill with a heavy trailer, he put it in park and got out to make sure he wasn't going to hit anything. Now, its stuck. I leave in a bit over an hour to help him out and loan him a car if there's not a quick fix. He did jack up one rear wheel to relieve pressure, no joy. Any quick ideas? Karl If this is a van built in the last decade or so, check the brake light fuse and the lights themselves. If they don't light when you depress the brakes, that's your problem. I found this out the hard way.g I can't give you specifics, but that is a VERY common problem with recent vehicles stuck in park. Some stupid lockout circuit, that won't let you shift to park unless the brakes are on? Argh. Yup. Or it won't let you shift *out* of park. Maybe both, I dunno. And apparently it's very common. I just Googled it to be sure, and I see that the same problem is mentioned all over the place. It happened to me in my 2004 Ford Focus. A lot of people with F150 pickups seem to have run into the same thing. -- Ed Huntress |
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"Karl Townsend" wrote in message news.com... "The Kid" is closing on his house today. backing his van up a steep hill with a heavy trailer, he put it in park and got out to make sure he wasn't going to hit anything. Now, its stuck. I leave in a bit over an hour to help him out and loan him a car if there's not a quick fix. He did jack up one rear wheel to relieve pressure, no joy. Any quick ideas? Karl You have more adventures that you are entitled to. |
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Ed Huntress wrote:
"Karl Townsend" wrote in message news.com... "The Kid" is closing on his house today. backing his van up a steep hill with a heavy trailer, he put it in park and got out to make sure he wasn't going to hit anything. Now, its stuck. I leave in a bit over an hour to help him out and loan him a car if there's not a quick fix. He did jack up one rear wheel to relieve pressure, no joy. Any quick ideas? Karl If this is a van built in the last decade or so, check the brake light fuse and the lights themselves. If they don't light when you depress the brakes, that's your problem. I found this out the hard way. g I can't give you specifics, but that is a VERY common problem with recent vehicles stuck in park. I also found out about this the hard way. You learn to keep spare brake light fuses. In my case I replaced it with a relay. Seems to be specific to Ford products. Good catch ed |
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Doug Miller wrote:
In article , RBnDFW wrote: Geez, if that thing is sitting on a hill with a loaded trailer and just that parking pawl stopping it..... Ever taken a transmission apart, and seen just how heavy that pawl actually is? It's a pretty stout piece of very hard steel. I probably have seen several, but the only one I really paid attention to was way smaller than I would have liked it to be. I've never trusted them since, always using the manual brake on hills, and angling the steering to direct toward a curb or other stopper. |
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"Ed Huntress" wrote in
: "Tim Wescott" wrote in message ... On 05/24/2010 09:59 AM, Ed Huntress wrote: "Karl wrote in message news.com... "The Kid" is closing on his house today. backing his van up a steep hill with a heavy trailer, he put it in park and got out to make sure he wasn't going to hit anything. Now, its stuck. I leave in a bit over an hour to help him out and loan him a car if there's not a quick fix. He did jack up one rear wheel to relieve pressure, no joy. Any quick ideas? Karl If this is a van built in the last decade or so, check the brake light fuse and the lights themselves. If they don't light when you depress the brakes, that's your problem. I found this out the hard way.g I can't give you specifics, but that is a VERY common problem with recent vehicles stuck in park. Some stupid lockout circuit, that won't let you shift to park unless the brakes are on? Argh. Yup. Or it won't let you shift *out* of park. Maybe both, I dunno. And apparently it's very common. I just Googled it to be sure, and I see that the same problem is mentioned all over the place. It happened to me in my 2004 Ford Focus. A lot of people with F150 pickups seem to have run into the same thing. My '03 Dodge RAM has the same kind of "safety feature" - it won't let you shift out of Park unless the brake pedal is depressed at the same time. It WILL let you go from Neutral to Park, however. Just more meddling by the safety Nazis. |
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On 5/24/2010 7:37 AM, Karl Townsend wrote:
Any quick ideas? Backing it up somehow should help. Is it an older Ford? Any time I borrow my Dad's Econoline, he reminds me to apply the parking brake before putting it into park on any sort of grade. Even unloaded, his van can be a PITA to get out of park if this drill isn't followed. Jon |
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In article , RBnDFW wrote:
Doug Miller wrote: In article , RBnDFW wrote: Geez, if that thing is sitting on a hill with a loaded trailer and just that parking pawl stopping it..... Ever taken a transmission apart, and seen just how heavy that pawl actually is? It's a pretty stout piece of very hard steel. I probably have seen several, but the only one I really paid attention to was way smaller than I would have liked it to be. I've never trusted them since, always using the manual brake on hills, and angling the steering to direct toward a curb or other stopper. I had the opposite reaction: I'm much more trusting of the pawl after having seen how large it is. |
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Doug Miller wrote:
In article , RBnDFW wrote: Doug Miller wrote: In article , RBnDFW wrote: Geez, if that thing is sitting on a hill with a loaded trailer and just that parking pawl stopping it..... Ever taken a transmission apart, and seen just how heavy that pawl actually is? It's a pretty stout piece of very hard steel. I probably have seen several, but the only one I really paid attention to was way smaller than I would have liked it to be. I've never trusted them since, always using the manual brake on hills, and angling the steering to direct toward a curb or other stopper. I had the opposite reaction: I'm much more trusting of the pawl after having seen how large it is. Maybe they were different transmissions |
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"Ed Huntress" wrote:
If this is a van built in the last decade or so, check the brake light fuse and the lights themselves. If they don't light when you depress the brakes, that's your problem. Some seem to have an brake hydraulic interlock. Wonder if that is hte problem. Wes -- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller |
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My Govt. Motors 2004 Pontiac GXP had one of those stupid interlock problems. It was locked into
'Drive" and would not go into 'Park" because of failure of one of the lock-out solenoids. Better living through electromechanics. Bob Swinney "Ed Huntress" wrote in message ... "Tim Wescott" wrote in message ... On 05/24/2010 09:59 AM, Ed Huntress wrote: "Karl wrote in message news.com... "The Kid" is closing on his house today. backing his van up a steep hill with a heavy trailer, he put it in park and got out to make sure he wasn't going to hit anything. Now, its stuck. I leave in a bit over an hour to help him out and loan him a car if there's not a quick fix. He did jack up one rear wheel to relieve pressure, no joy. Any quick ideas? Karl If this is a van built in the last decade or so, check the brake light fuse and the lights themselves. If they don't light when you depress the brakes, that's your problem. I found this out the hard way.g I can't give you specifics, but that is a VERY common problem with recent vehicles stuck in park. Some stupid lockout circuit, that won't let you shift to park unless the brakes are on? Argh. Yup. Or it won't let you shift *out* of park. Maybe both, I dunno. And apparently it's very common. I just Googled it to be sure, and I see that the same problem is mentioned all over the place. It happened to me in my 2004 Ford Focus. A lot of people with F150 pickups seem to have run into the same thing. -- Ed Huntress |
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"Robert Swinney" wrote:
My Govt. Motors 2004 Pontiac GXP had one of those stupid interlock problems. It was locked into 'Drive" and would not go into 'Park" because of failure of one of the lock-out solenoids. Better living through electromechanics. So when you can't get it into park, then you can't start it again because it isn't in park. That is one of those things where you know bad just came, worse is coming. Wes -- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller |
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RBnDFW wrote: Doug Miller wrote: In article , RBnDFW wrote: Doug Miller wrote: In article , RBnDFW wrote: Geez, if that thing is sitting on a hill with a loaded trailer and just that parking pawl stopping it..... Ever taken a transmission apart, and seen just how heavy that pawl actually is? It's a pretty stout piece of very hard steel. I probably have seen several, but the only one I really paid attention to was way smaller than I would have liked it to be. I've never trusted them since, always using the manual brake on hills, and angling the steering to direct toward a curb or other stopper. I had the opposite reaction: I'm much more trusting of the pawl after having seen how large it is. Maybe they were different transmissions Perhaps folks are also forgetting the mechanical advantage the "little" pawl in the transmission has due to the gearing past it in the differential. The somewhat rare driveshaft parking brakes use the same gearing advantage. |
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Tim Wescott wrote: On 05/24/2010 09:59 AM, Ed Huntress wrote: "Karl wrote in message news.com... "The Kid" is closing on his house today. backing his van up a steep hill with a heavy trailer, he put it in park and got out to make sure he wasn't going to hit anything. Now, its stuck. I leave in a bit over an hour to help him out and loan him a car if there's not a quick fix. He did jack up one rear wheel to relieve pressure, no joy. Any quick ideas? Karl If this is a van built in the last decade or so, check the brake light fuse and the lights themselves. If they don't light when you depress the brakes, that's your problem. I found this out the hard way.g I can't give you specifics, but that is a VERY common problem with recent vehicles stuck in park. Some stupid lockout circuit, that won't let you shift to park unless the brakes are on? Argh. BTSI - Brake Transmission Shift Interlock, one of the "nanny" devices that arose from idiots starting vehicles in gear and crashing into stuff. All that I have seen have had an override mechanism, usually under a little pop off cover next to the shift lever. You pop the cover off and then push a lever under it to release the interlock in the event of an electrical or solenoid failure. The procedure is documented in the owner's manual that nobody reads. |
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Naw! I guess it "failed safe" in some way. It would not go into park. Evidently the (failed)
relay logic knew to let it start in drive. I high-tailed it home 25 miles and took it in for repair under extened warranty the next day. Bob Swinney "Wes" wrote in message ... "Robert Swinney" wrote: My Govt. Motors 2004 Pontiac GXP had one of those stupid interlock problems. It was locked into 'Drive" and would not go into 'Park" because of failure of one of the lock-out solenoids. Better living through electromechanics. So when you can't get it into park, then you can't start it again because it isn't in park. That is one of those things where you know bad just came, worse is coming. Wes -- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller |
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"Pete C." wrote in message ter.com... Tim Wescott wrote: On 05/24/2010 09:59 AM, Ed Huntress wrote: "Karl wrote in message news.com... "The Kid" is closing on his house today. backing his van up a steep hill with a heavy trailer, he put it in park and got out to make sure he wasn't going to hit anything. Now, its stuck. I leave in a bit over an hour to help him out and loan him a car if there's not a quick fix. He did jack up one rear wheel to relieve pressure, no joy. Any quick ideas? Karl If this is a van built in the last decade or so, check the brake light fuse and the lights themselves. If they don't light when you depress the brakes, that's your problem. I found this out the hard way.g I can't give you specifics, but that is a VERY common problem with recent vehicles stuck in park. Some stupid lockout circuit, that won't let you shift to park unless the brakes are on? Argh. BTSI - Brake Transmission Shift Interlock, one of the "nanny" devices that arose from idiots starting vehicles in gear and crashing into stuff. All that I have seen have had an override mechanism, usually under a little pop off cover next to the shift lever. You pop the cover off and then push a lever under it to release the interlock in the event of an electrical or solenoid failure. The procedure is documented in the owner's manual that nobody reads. That's how I got my Focus moving. Yes, it's documented in my owner's manual, but I only found out about it after calling my local Ford service department. Now I carry a tiny screwdriver in the glove box to pop the cover open. I wrecked one cover with my pocket knife, but it only happened once. -- Ed Huntress |
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"Robert Swinney" wrote:
Naw! I guess it "failed safe" in some way. It would not go into park. Evidently the (failed) relay logic knew to let it start in drive. I high-tailed it home 25 miles and took it in for repair under extened warranty the next day. You got lucky. Did you start in in neutral? Wes -- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller |
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On Mon, 24 May 2010 17:02:20 -0400, "Ed Huntress"
wrote: "Pete C." wrote in message ster.com... Tim Wescott wrote: On 05/24/2010 09:59 AM, Ed Huntress wrote: "Karl wrote in message news.com... "The Kid" is closing on his house today. backing his van up a steep hill with a heavy trailer, he put it in park and got out to make sure he wasn't going to hit anything. Now, its stuck. I leave in a bit over an hour to help him out and loan him a car if there's not a quick fix. He did jack up one rear wheel to relieve pressure, no joy. Any quick ideas? Karl If this is a van built in the last decade or so, check the brake light fuse and the lights themselves. If they don't light when you depress the brakes, that's your problem. I found this out the hard way.g I can't give you specifics, but that is a VERY common problem with recent vehicles stuck in park. Some stupid lockout circuit, that won't let you shift to park unless the brakes are on? Argh. BTSI - Brake Transmission Shift Interlock, one of the "nanny" devices that arose from idiots starting vehicles in gear and crashing into stuff. All that I have seen have had an override mechanism, usually under a little pop off cover next to the shift lever. You pop the cover off and then push a lever under it to release the interlock in the event of an electrical or solenoid failure. The procedure is documented in the owner's manual that nobody reads. That's how I got my Focus moving. Yes, it's documented in my owner's manual, but I only found out about it after calling my local Ford service department. Now I carry a tiny screwdriver in the glove box to pop the cover open. I wrecked one cover with my pocket knife, but it only happened once. That's ridiculous, but great to know, for all those other vehicles. I by pass the clutch switch as soon as the vehicle is mine cause who wants to depress the clutch just to start it. Same thing with the stereo, don't need a stinking key and ping ping ping with the music. I despise automatics and can't pass up a cool brand new looking Porsche without seeing if it has a stick shift and I haven't seen one yet ! Are you to just brake into every situation? A friend got one of those newer caddies, best hope those things are in a good mood when you need to go somewhere. That or just stop somewhere and have it refuse to continue on cause there's no windshield washer to protect the rubber blades, and you slammed the door for the last time. Or better yet, lip off to the police and confirm that you have driven down the main drag within the last hour in Allen Town PA. where it is illegal. Not to mention that all conversations are recorded and if driving across a state line is admissible in court. Bet that comes really convenient with all those tiny states around you. SW |
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I just got back.
We got it out of park ONCE. Did this by jacking on the drive shaft with a pipe wrench and wiggling on the shift lever at the same time. Moved the van to level ground and locked it up again. Its a Ford Econoline. I just told the kid about the electric possible problem He'll check it out. We got the seven cyclinder deisel there and a load of stuff, got the water running (off all winter) Got the AC running, stove is broke, but he knew that. The place hasn't been mowed this year, he's got a new lawn mower to test tonight. First night in the new place. He needs the van big time to complete the move. karl |
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Yes. As I recall, it would go ok into neutral to start.
Bob Swinney "Wes" wrote in message ... "Robert Swinney" wrote: Naw! I guess it "failed safe" in some way. It would not go into park. Evidently the (failed) relay logic knew to let it start in drive. I high-tailed it home 25 miles and took it in for repair under extened warranty the next day. You got lucky. Did you start in in neutral? Wes -- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller |
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Buerste wrote: "Karl Townsend" wrote in message news.com... "The Kid" is closing on his house today. backing his van up a steep hill with a heavy trailer, he put it in park and got out to make sure he wasn't going to hit anything. Now, its stuck. I leave in a bit over an hour to help him out and loan him a car if there's not a quick fix. He did jack up one rear wheel to relieve pressure, no joy. Any quick ideas? Karl You have more adventures that you are entitled to. Payback for all that steel he stole! ;-) -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge. |
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"Karl Townsend" wrote in message anews.com... I just got back. We got it out of park ONCE. Did this by jacking on the drive shaft with a pipe wrench and wiggling on the shift lever at the same time. Moved the van to level ground and locked it up again. Its a Ford Econoline. I just told the kid about the electric possible problem He'll check it out. We got the seven cyclinder deisel there and a load of stuff, got the water running (off all winter) Got the AC running, stove is broke, but he knew that. The place hasn't been mowed this year, he's got a new lawn mower to test tonight. First night in the new place. He needs the van big time to complete the move. karl Dont know if anyone else has mentioned this possibility..... My dad's ford focus got stranded and would not mover out of park. Turned out faulty trailer wiring had blown a brake light supply fuse - solenoid in the g/box then prevented the gear shift from moving - supposedly a safety feature...... Too long ago for me to remember but I dont think the fix wasnt a simple as replacing the blown bulb / fuse. This may not apply to your problem but if you are clutching at straws it could be a possiblility. |
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"Royston Vasey" wrote in message . au... "Karl Townsend" wrote in message anews.com... I just got back. We got it out of park ONCE. Did this by jacking on the drive shaft with a pipe wrench and wiggling on the shift lever at the same time. Moved the van to level ground and locked it up again. Its a Ford Econoline. I just told the kid about the electric possible problem He'll check it out. We got the seven cyclinder deisel there and a load of stuff, got the water running (off all winter) Got the AC running, stove is broke, but he knew that. The place hasn't been mowed this year, he's got a new lawn mower to test tonight. First night in the new place. He needs the van big time to complete the move. karl Dont know if anyone else has mentioned this possibility..... My dad's ford focus got stranded and would not mover out of park. Turned out faulty trailer wiring had blown a brake light supply fuse - solenoid in the g/box then prevented the gear shift from moving - supposedly a safety feature...... Too long ago for me to remember but I dont think the fix wasnt a simple as replacing the blown bulb / fuse. This may not apply to your problem but if you are clutching at straws it could be a possiblility. The fuse was the problem. We never would have thought of this without the kind folks on RCM. He's got ACE moving company (all his friends) in high gear today. Karl |
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The fuse was the problem.
If it ends up being the trailer that blew the fuse, then you might consider getting one of those trailer light converters with the built- in self-resetting breakers. I burned out a few fuses and a few converters before I threw this one in, and it's lasted about three times as long as the last converter I had before that, and I know it protected the fuses just the other week when my trailer developed a short (maybe I'll run the next set of wiring in pvc conduit?). Even if you don't need a converter, it might be worth it for the breakers. --Glenn Lyford |
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Glenn Lyford wrote:
The fuse was the problem. If it ends up being the trailer that blew the fuse, then you might consider getting one of those trailer light converters with the built- in self-resetting breakers. I burned out a few fuses and a few converters before I threw this one in, and it's lasted about three times as long as the last converter I had before that, and I know it protected the fuses just the other week when my trailer developed a short (maybe I'll run the next set of wiring in pvc conduit?). Even if you don't need a converter, it might be worth it for the breakers. I just bought a circuit-breaker that replaced the fuse. I still keep spare fuses (belt and suspenders, ya know) |
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