Automatic Trans Shifter Will Not Go Into 1st

SC-71 TBIRD

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Hello All,

The shifter in my 89 SC will not engage to the 1st gear. The shifter will go into Park, Reverse, Neutral, OD, D just fine, but it will not shift into 1st. It seems kind of stuck in between D and 1st.

My question is may it be possible to adjust the shifter somehow? And how do I go about doing it?
 
hmmmm.... had the same problem on my 86 GRAND PRIX. It wouldnt go into 1st or 2nd but will only engage into Drive and Overdrive. Well i think your gonna have to mess around with the shifting lever on the tranny. If that doesnt work then you might wanna get it rebuilt. But thats only if it bothers you. Dont know man.
 
I doubt that the tranny as to be rebuilt for this problem. My tranny seems to work fine. The tranny did lose fluid when I had first got the car but that problem was fixed since then. The shifter problem was there before the fluid weak. The previous owner had replaced the old shifter with a new one since the old one fell apart.
 
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