Stuck in Reverse - Land Rovers Only

drewclare25 · 05-11-2006, 10:28 AM

my 97 sd is stuck in reverse

. I think i can fix the problem if i can get below the gear shifter, like underneath the center console. Could somebody tell me how to get all that $hit apart?

thanks

Disco Mike · 05-11-2006, 11:40 AM

Stick or automatic??
Mike

Hank · 05-11-2006, 11:45 AM

Brake safty switch above the brake pedel has gone bad.

Disco Mike · 05-11-2006, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Hank

Brake safty switch above the brake pedel has gone bad.

Still need to find out if it is a stick or and automatic. If it is an automatic, it will not come out of park, if it were a stick I believe there is a switch on the clutch pdeal.
Mike

Badger1 · 05-11-2006, 12:54 PM

Pop the top off the shifter. There should be a circular piece of plastic that is held in place by a metal bracket. If there are a couple of things loose in there that's your problem. On my 97sd this thing likes to pop off leaving me stuck in whatever gear it maybe. Usually happens in the most inopportune times to. I thought the brake saftey switch was just a saftey device, basically letting the trans. only shift out of park while the brake pedal was depressed?!

drewclare25 · 05-11-2006, 03:45 PM

badger you were right. I was out there tryin to take everything apart and i popped the top off and i was playing with the little plastic piece, figured out that the metal rod needed to be lifted up when the button was pressed...and then found that my metal clip that was supposed to be on top of the plastic piece had fallen...so i got that, bent it a little bit, and it works.

Hank · 05-11-2006, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Disco Mike

Still need to find out if it is a stick or and automatic. If it is an automatic, it will not come out of park, if it were a stick I believe there is a switch on the clutch pdeal.
Mike

Never knew they made a manuel in 97....

Muddy Oval · 05-11-2006, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Hank

Never knew they made a manuel in 97....

you thinking Defenders instead of Discos?

Disco Mike · 05-11-2006, 07:06 PM

Another old age WOOPS! I thought I had a custoner with a 97 5sp. once.
OH WELL
Mike

Hank · 05-11-2006, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Muddy Oval

you thinking Defenders instead of Discos?

No, honestly I've never seen a 5sp disco newer than a 96. Not saying they weren't made, just never seen one....

05-11-2006, 10:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
drewclare25 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 391 Gallery: 0	Stuck in Reverse my 97 sd is stuck in reverse . I think i can fix the problem if i can get below the gear shifter, like underneath the center console. Could somebody tell me how to get all that $hit apart? thanks

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05-11-2006, 11:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
Disco Mike Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Parker, Colorado Posts: 5,155 Gallery: 0	Stick or automatic?? Mike

05-11-2006, 11:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
Hank Banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: VA Posts: 914 Gallery: 0	Brake safty switch above the brake pedel has gone bad.

05-11-2006, 12:54 PM	#5 (permalink)
Badger1 Forward! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Loo-eee-ville, KY Posts: 2,153 Gallery: 1	Pop the top off the shifter. There should be a circular piece of plastic that is held in place by a metal bracket. If there are a couple of things loose in there that's your problem. On my 97sd this thing likes to pop off leaving me stuck in whatever gear it maybe. Usually happens in the most inopportune times to. I thought the brake saftey switch was just a saftey device, basically letting the trans. only shift out of park while the brake pedal was depressed?!

05-11-2006, 03:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
drewclare25 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 391 Gallery: 0	badger you were right. I was out there tryin to take everything apart and i popped the top off and i was playing with the little plastic piece, figured out that the metal rod needed to be lifted up when the button was pressed...and then found that my metal clip that was supposed to be on top of the plastic piece had fallen...so i got that, bent it a little bit, and it works.

05-11-2006, 07:06 PM	#9 (permalink)
Disco Mike Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Parker, Colorado Posts: 5,155 Gallery: 0	Another old age WOOPS! I thought I had a custoner with a 97 5sp. once. OH WELL Mike

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