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what does the part look like that connects to the steering column? mine has a green wire. i'm not sure this is how the factory would do it. if you look just above the breather on the driver side of the engine you can see a little green wire. i think this is why it won't go into park.what would that piece be called? or look like? it has a floor shifter, but it was a column shifter from factory.

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in the 2nd pic its below the master cylinder, rt by the rear exhaust port hard to see but can't post bigger pictures.
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I recognize that as a 3spd manual column shift linkage; sm318 tranny
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I have no idea where that green wire goes.....three's really no need for it since you have an auto trans instead of a manual. You say you have a floor shifter.....I would look there, it could be out of adjustment. Is it cable operated or mechanical linkage?

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It won't go into park? Wow. It's amazing me how careless some people can be. What is the other end of the wire tied to?

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it runs to that black cable that goes off to the left by the header seems to run back to the tranny. i haven't got under it yet to see.

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that's the speedometer cable underneath... the shredded boot to the left was for the old clutch pedal rod. Is it a rigged up kick-down for the a/t?

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IS it spliced into it?? It looks like its just tied into a knot like to hold it up or something rigged.

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will look again tomorrow. could one of ya'll come watch it while i shift through the gears and tell me what it does. LOL. i live out in the country and don't have carguy neighbors. my wife don't get home from work till after dark.

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the green wire is tied through the (linkage?) the metal piece at the end of that cable? any idea? on a floor shifter where would be the part that puts it in park?

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I have no idea what that wire is there for? Unless that piece of linkage is still connected somewhere to the tranny?

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so that looks like a 3 speed standard column.
I bet they have that shif lever wired down to engage the neutral safety switch, so you can start the truck.
thats the only reason I can think of why they would want to keep the original disconnected column shift in place.