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I'm wondering if the button on my shifter does anything aside from unlock it. Like, can I mod it so the button is always pushed down, or is that a bad idea?

 
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Your answer was in your question.




You might try adapting an O/D off switch from some other shifter if you wanted something to play with.



JMO, HTH

 
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No, it wasn't for something to play with, it's because my first gear is shot and I'm having to manually shift to second, then drive every time I stop. So I thought maybe I could do myself a favor with a temporary mod that would make it so I could just push the shifter, without pushing in the button.

 
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The lock does not need to be depressed to change between the lower gears, it's there to prevent shifting from a forward gear directly into reverse.

 
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See, that's what I thought. I didn't used to have to push the button going 2-N, but one day something happened and now I have to push it to get in and out of two. Any clue how to fix that?

 
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you should only need to press it going into 2, but not coming out. if it gets locked in 2, you could have a bad shifter assembly. the only part you can really disable is the solenoid that locks you from pushing the shifter from N to R/P. and i wouldnt recommend disabling it.

 
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No, you're right. It doesn't lock in two. I guess it's doing exactly what it's supposed to. I was just wondering if I could make it so it doesn't lock out of two. I can't afford to have my transmission fixed right now and I'm getting pretty sick of pushing that dang button in.