Hi All,

Tranny just quit even trying to go out of Park. Lever works (push the brake
and slowly work it from P to L...nothing at all)

Linkage is intact and can see it pull the "switch" at the transmission
towards the front right of the engine.

Has been slow going into gear every so often for about two weeks. Usually an
oil change fixes that but not this time. And Service Engine light came on
and stayed on.

Yesterday alternator gave out 75 miles from home. A dozen jumps later and
several times where the tranny didn't kick in for a few seconds, we got it
home. I replaced the alternator, charged the battery, had it slowly click
into reverse and backed down the drive, put it in drive and pulled back up,
and now nothing at all from the tranny. But service engine light went off.

Linkage obviously turns the mechanism on top of the tranny but nothing.
Fluid level looks fine and was serviced last year. Has around 130,000.

What can I try before an $1800 tranny job I can't afford right now?

Thanks very much in advance,
John
in Houston