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Shifter won't go into park?

Okay, so I did the heater core today on my '85 T-Bird with AOD and I dropped the steering column a little to give the dash a little more room to move out, probably didn't help any but it made it easier in the '92 T-Bird last year :punchballs:

Anyhow, now that everything is all back together I can't seem to figure out why I can't get the shifter to go up to park. I am going to keep looking at it and see what I can figure out, but hoping someone here might have a simple answer for this issue as I have been trying to figure it out for an hour with no luck.
1985 T'Bird 5.0
1987 Cougar 3.8
1992 T'bird Sport 5.0 HO

Shifter won't go into park?

Reply #1
Okay, my little brother stopped by and showed me what I did. Apparently the steering column turned while it was loose, works like a champ now. Knew it had to be something stupid simple.
1985 T'Bird 5.0
1987 Cougar 3.8
1992 T'bird Sport 5.0 HO

Shifter won't go into park?

Reply #2
Thanks for the tip. Gotta try this. Shifter hasn't been normal since. I used a hose clamp on the indicator (which was broken) so the only thing I thought left to check was the linkage.
home ported E7's, HO intake, 93 Tbird cam, 65mm tb, Shorties, dynomax lers, TC 3.73 rear, Mach 1 springs, Bauman shiftkit, epoxy mod, SD, 3G alt, black magic fan