Thread: Lokar Shifter Issues

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After Don told me what happened I went to the shop the next night and with the engine off was able to take his shifter and pull it out of park without pushing down on the skull........it popped right into reverse. I pushed it back into park and it clicked as if locked in, and this time it held. I had to jiggle it though to get it locked into park, it didn't just click in automatically.

I think a couple of things are wrong here. First of all the adapter that allows you to use a different knob than Lokars has a very fine line of adjustment between not releasing the shifter and it coming out too easy. I remember when we first installed it two years ago that we had to play with it and to find the sweet spot where it would work properly. Secondly, we haven't really done any follow up adjusting on either of our cars since they went together two years ago, so in fairness we need to spend some time and tighten and adjust them properly.

I am having issues with the Lokar in my T also. If I am going down the road and hit certain bumps it drops from 3rd to 2nd. The first time it happened I was on the interstate and heard this engine roar.......I thought someone with louder headers than mine was passing me, but it was my own engine over revving. It has happened a few times since, so I have to get things tightened up. It also starts in gear SOMETIMES. Not always, so I guess the neutral switch is at least doing it's job part time. BTW, I don't have an overly heavy shift knob either.

One lesson I hope Don has learned is to NEVER start your car unless you are sitting behind the wheel with your foot on the brake. I can't say I haven't done the same thing, so I have learned a lesson here too. The one consolation is that Don's accident could have been so much worse. Megan, a young lady sometimes on this forum but usually on the HAMB, wrecked a very nice little T when she came off a hump on the interstate at about 70 mph and it downshifted (at least I remember that was the cause). Her car was totalled and luckily she survived but not without some serious injuries.

Don