Resolution for center console shifter not shifting into Park

Asked by Carlsoj Jun 06, 2016 at 08:57 PM about the 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Just picked up a 1973 Pontiac Grand Prix and with an automatic transmission and center console shifter.  The shifter does not disengage properly and is very difficult to get back into park

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Try pushing straight down on it. That's not a fix, and there is some other problem that you might want to find, but mine does the same thing and that always works... so far. Some day I'll work up the energy to find out what's really wrong, but for now that gets me by.

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