After trying to test fit a shift boot on my car today I started my Z up and it would not allow me to pus the **** over to the right for Manual shift????

What is going on is there some sort of lock or anything....I havent any idea why it would do this

Please help

 

well maybe it's just a punishment for u to buy a AT :\ if u wanan play wiht manual so muhc, u prolly should've just bought a 6MT :\

 

if you look on the plate you will see a thing thatsays shift lock...im guessing that you have to turn that thing with a coin...

cmon..you had to have seen that thing

 

the shift lock would keep you in park, not out of the manual mode.

Id guess something is lodged in the way, or some sort of sensor is missing...

 

CORRECT.
Something was in the way and now broke or snapped and there isnt any tension when moving the **** around so it is broken I believe....Im so pissed.

Off to the dealership

 

Why does there always have to be someone who disses on someone else for their choice of purchase? People post honest questions, and inevitably get flack for it.

Sorry about the problem Ultimateone. Hopefully it's an easy fix!

 

Thanks, I cant even drive the car today without actually holding the shift **** in place....its broken for sure. I havent ever heard of this.....well hopefully I can get it in the dealer soon.

 

my guess is some sort of cable or spring mechanism to give the shifter the proper location and keep it ridgid, something probably just got a little out of wack and with some movement fell off the track or whatever.

not too serious Im sure, but no doubt itll take the dealership a few days to get the part if something did break instead of just coming loose....

 

Heck, you should probably just open the mechanism up and see if there's anything obvious. Like Ares said, there could just be something that popped out line. Might be an easy fix... assuming that the part isn't actually broken.

 

The plastic guards are setup to allow for movement to the right for manual mode, did you mess with these at all. The guard could have shifted positions and is blocking the shifter from moving....

You can fix this yourself with tweezers and a flathead...

 

Nope...
Its at the Dealership now for a couple days and Im stuck with a damn Chevy Cavalier?