Re: Re: park/netrl switch replacment

From: Michael Meyerhoff (mmeye@kcnet.com)
Date: Sun May 13 2001 - 00:22:25 EDT


Here's a pic to help you find it. Its on the drivers side where the
throttle linkage comes in.

http://www.kcnet.com/~mmeye/Dakota/parknet.jpg

At 09:59 PM 5/12/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> > I've had some starting problems recently and using the archives have
> > narrowed it down to my park/neutral switch.
> >
> > My haynes manual says some fluid will leak out when I remove the old
> > switch. How much will come out?? I'd like to know so I have enough on
> > hand. And how much should a new switch cost??
>
>Good questions. Every now and then I will have to jimmy the shifter around
>and run it back through the gears and back into PARK for my truck to start.
>Kind of scares me when out of the blue I will go to start my truck and it
>wont do a darn thing. I figured it was this safety switch as well. Heck, I
>dont even know where it is located. Any help here? Pricing? Easy/Hard to
>replace? Special tools? Time needed to replace it? It doesnt bother me at
>all the run the tranny back through the gears every now and then to get the
>truck to crank over and start, but I just wouldnt my mom or girlfriend to
>freak out if she were to have my truck and this happens.
>Kyle
>93 Dakota 4x4 V6



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