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Question posted by bobbydmccall on June 1st, 2013

Gearshift Lever

My 2004 Explorer gearshift lever will not go into park. The lever broke as well as the gearshift lever collar. I replaced them and now it will not go all the way into park. Shifts fine otherwise. There seems to be a little pin coming up from the bottom that moves up and down that is keeping from going into park. What can I do to fix it?

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