Hello everyone, I have 1998 Ford F-150 with an automatic transmission, at one point the shifter locked up and my dad actually broke the shift rod trying to get it in gear. That I can replace without much of a problem but I’m not sure what to do from this point. I traced the issue all the way to the lever on the side of the transmission where the shifter cable connects. I was able to move that lever manually to put it in park, but it took a great deal of force and I had to use a pair of pliers. Also the transmission range sensor bushing around that lever was really beat up and cracked and split, but somehow it seems to still function. But the main problem seems to be the lever coming out of the side of the transmission and any advice you could give me and how to fix that I would greatly appreciate. Also, would an OBDii scanner be able to read the mileage of a vehicle? The odometer in this truck is broken and I’m curious to know what it’s got on it. Thanks.
On that particular Ford often I don't read the odometers in the computer. As for the transmission if it took a great bit of effort to do that odds are the transmission is broken internally
Well, i was able to shift gears, it’s just very very stiff. Do you think it would be repairable? When I’m able to get it out of park and into drive, or reverse etc etc. it functions fine. But to switch between those gears I literally would have to crawl underneath the truck with a wrench.