The gear indicator (park, N, D, etc.) on the dash for our automatic
transmission is slightly misaligned (3.1 engine, '94 Olds Cutlass Ciera).
This doesn't bother me but drives my wife crazy and she drives this car most
of the time. My GM service manual says 1) Position shift lever in "N"
(Neutral) gate notch. 2) Guide clip on edge of shift bowl to centrally
position pointer on "N" (Neutral). 3) Push clip onto bowl. Care must be
taken to assure that cable rests on bowl, not on column jacket. A sketch
shows the steering column (mine is tiltable) going into another tube called
"steering column shift bowl" -- located just under the dash. It shows a
shift indicator cable clip which apparently clips onto the rim of the
"steering column shift bowl." It implies that unclipping and moving this
clip until the gear indicator is centered on N and then reclipping it back
on the "steering column shift bowl" would solve the problem. My problem is
there is no clip on the "steering column shift bowl." I looked at my
neighbors Olds and his doesn't have one either. Can anyone help?? Thanks
Gene
sdlomi2 - 03 Jan 2007 21:55 GMT
> The gear indicator (park, N, D, etc.) on the dash for our automatic
> transmission is slightly misaligned (3.1 engine, '94 Olds Cutlass Ciera).
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> bowl." I looked at my neighbors Olds and his doesn't have one either.
> Can anyone help?? Thanks Gene
Keep digging and looking and u should find it. Maybe clipped onto the
top? when u were looking bottom, or vice versa--iirc, it's always on the
top-right-bottom 3/4 of the diam. as you look from the driver's seated
position. Probably will have a 'fishing cord-sized' wire/cable with a loop,
leading from the clip to the gear indicator. You will need to remove some
of the trim panel to see/access it to adjust. When u have removed enough
trim that both sides of the steer. column are clear all the way to the
floor, you'll see it. Ensure u are looking far enough down the column. It
does NOT clip to a part of the column that moves up and down as you tilt the
wheel--but to a part that only rotates as you turn the steer. wheel
left/right. Good luck. s
Gene - 04 Jan 2007 13:29 GMT
Thanks to sdlomi2 for the info. Will I need to disable the SIR (air
bag) when removing some of the trim panel to see/access it to adjust?
THANKS
> The gear indicator (park, N, D, etc.) on the dash for our automatic
> transmission is slightly misaligned (3.1 engine, '94 Olds Cutlass Ciera).
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> bowl." I looked at my neighbors Olds and his doesn't have one either.
> Can anyone help?? Thanks Gene
sdlomi2 - 07 Jan 2007 00:05 GMT
> Thanks to sdlomi2 for the info. Will I need to disable the SIR
> (air bag) when removing some of the trim panel to see/access it to adjust?
> THANKS
Sorry, Gene, to be so late--but grandkids were here, and..... I have
never disabled them, but doing so might be a good idea. s