Help needed: ATX shifter lockup

[cwang]

Guys,
First of all, I want thank all those who helped me on my last problem, I finally got the car running and it turns out to be bad connection on the coil(the VBAT is loose).
Today my the ATX shifter would not move out of Park, I mean physically the shifter would not move out of "P", I just drove to lunch and had to get a ride back to work.
Please help me if anybody had seem this problem before.
Thanks in advance,
Chien

 

[dar314]

Been there IT SUCKS!!!
On the break peddle there is a connector that is for the break lights and to desengage the lock or the ATX shifter.
I pulled mine off cleaned connections and was able to push the break peddle in and shift!!!!

Querky little buggers these SHO's!!!!

 

[cwang]

Thanks, what a relief. Looks like I don't have to change my weekend plans this time.

 

[F-22 Raptor SHO]

Hmmm brake switch....I didnt think about that one. I thougth that little plastic thing in the shifter was a POS too. Push the button, and it doesnt unlock the shifter.

Let me know how this turns out.

 

[cwang]

thanks to dar314, it was indeed the switch, a tiny piece of garbage was stuck there, probably blown there when I turned on the AC on MAX. This is THE place for SHO answers!
Thanks again to dar314!

 

[Slo-Sho]

Also for future reference, if you place the ingition switch on the first click forward, you don't even have to depress the brake pedal. This is a safety feature that was designed acccordingly for this particular type of problem. Not all cars are like this. I know that on my old foreign car, it had a seperate key operated lock that disengaged the shifter from the latching mechanism.