1997 Mercury Grand Marquis shift tube repair

Can't start in park, and car rolls away in park

[@codlordvapeman9601]

My MGM overheated for a minute and I turned it off. Now it wont crank or start at all and I did notice my shifter is not aligned right at all! I thought my engine was seized but turns out the shifter was the problem! Thank you so much I can now sleep tonight

[@LilDonnyG]

Great video! Your the only one that had a decent video on the lowering of the steering tube. I followed your procedure to install a new shift interlock solenoid. I did it on a 1999 Crown Victoria which is practically the same in there. Thanks!

[@abelortiz2013]

I had a clean clean 97. Loved it. Had same problem with the shifter. Mechanic charged me $40 bucks to fix problem. 2 weeks later got someone ran into car & totaled it☹

[@tomorrowcomestoday1621]

Sad, how much miles she had

[@2H2521]

Great tutorial, this job can be a pain in the ass. I can tell you from experience.

[@nickamoroso2496]

Just did this on my 98 grand marquis. Thank you so much for this video it made the repair so easy! In addition, there are torx screws if you look underneath while wiggling the shifter. Mine were loose and another video showed how adding loctite and retightening helps. Both of these completely fixed my shifting problems!

[@eltonej]

Excellent! Exactly my problem on a 1999 Grand Marquis now I know not only what to tell my mechanic what the problem is I can also show him how to fix it. Made my day! Thank you!

[@cainadkins3985]

I bet your mechanic loves you showing him how to do his job

[@eltonej]

@@cainadkins3985 naw, he's an excellent mechanic and I'm too old though money does exchange hands there's no ego involved it's not necessary.

[@richdaddy7556]

Only video I found with this same issue , thank you 💯 really needed help with this

[@thedolphinDog]

Awesome video....it helped very much. Thank you

[@billstreber5194]

Luckily on my 96 Town car it wasn't the shift shaft it was the two t30 screws at the end of the shaft that hold on the cable were loose very loose and acted up pulled one screw out at a time put loctite on them reinstalled haven't had a problem since. Note:(do not try and over tighten that shift shaft is made of pot metal easily broken)

[@henrysanjurjo2370]

There's a little dial you turn to adjust the indicator for your range selector. It's near the part of the wire with the loop that hooks on to the shift tube.

[@steven.h0629]

That was fun.. thanks J

[@uniquehorn1480]

Very good video. Thanks

[@millerkiller6496]

I have an 02. I wanna swap out the black shift lever with the chrome lever from the older ones. I’ll just fix that too while I’m at it.

[@MrJav69]

Well done

[@robertriley1569]

My 2000 marquis just had this done $35.00

[@ianc9715]

Was size was the torx bit/star was it to remove the saddle? T-30?

[@804E]

I've replaced the shift tube bushings and tightened the T30 Torx screws behind the shift tube that connect it to the shift cable. That fixed my loose shift tube but the transmission is not changing gears. The linkage inside is the car appears to be fine and I suspect the damage is in the cable bushing or the cable is loose underneath the car. Problem started while I was parking my car. I pulled in, backed out, and then in again. Went to put car in reverse but nothing happened. Any suggestions? Ps.. there was always a hissing/air leaking sound coming from something on the driverside whenever I have the shifter in D. If I move it back up closer to D, the hiss subsides

[@bmjca123]

Hey my wheel won’t lock on my 2006 Marq how do you re set it locks again? I know you say unplug the battery I might not have done that when I resealed the wheel to get the driveshaft disconnected

[@flythakidd]

I have the same exact problem!! 2000 mercury grand marquis. I want to try to fix it myself but I dont know much about cars. Is there anything you could tell me that would help?

[@user-cy3fl4tp7m]

please, where is the gyroscope fuse or transmission for Marquis 1997? thank you very much

[@avaygrace9470]

I need help trying to find out why my merc won’t start !!

[@leatheanottage9555]

i have a 1996 mercury grand marquis gs and my steering column have way too much play my steering wheel goes up and down and left to right and i want it to stay firm and not loose. my steering be hard to turn sometimes i thought it was my power steering but i have plenty of fluid so what can i do please help me out

[@JLafix]

Wow. Its sounds like you have some loose bolts. The plastic bushings will affect the shifter but won't affect up and down or side to side movements. I would start looking at the four main bolts that holds the hole steering column in place. Check to see if any are broke or loose.

[@ianc9715]

I have some slop also but it is much worse. I am having to replace the whole shift tube.

[@JLafix]

I'm not sure what the torque size was but in hindsight I probably should replace the whole tube as well because only a year later it started messing up again

[@govindagovindaji4662]

I'm an old woman and gonna bring my car in for this fix today. Wonder if they'll be insulted if I point them to your video!? There were more than one or 'two loose' ends you maneuvered about just to get to the broken unnamed worn out pieces...(unless they themselves were the "bushings" you referred to? ....and I'm sure your video would make their job easier. After all - mine is a 98 which means the mechanics would all have been 23 years younger whenever this car came out...and may have never even seen one of these cars...oh, dear. Great video!!! I'm tempted to do it myself...(not). So were they the actual bushings? Or some other piece just in front of the bushings? Thanks.

[@JLafix]

The plastic pieces Are what I call bushings . They might have an official name . That was the fix for my car however there might be other stuff that can go wrong like linkage problems. But most times it's those plastic pieces just wear out and then it gets sloppy.

[@nicholasshipley5262]

My key is stuck in mine and yhe handle won't move at all its stuck

[@romes7552]

Where did you order your parts from?

[@JLafix]

Cant remember probably amazon... go to rock auto get part # then copy and paste into Amazon

[@romes7552]

@@JLafix thank you for your time but my twin found it for me last night and we study your video so we'll be working on it today 👍

[@1770-p9p]

Thank you for simple

[@whosonedphone]

Hmmm... I've got zero resistance in my column.

[@outlawanthony100]

lol im crossing my fingers this is my problem

[@ronaldfuller3493]

Anyone in wisconsin to do repair for me

[@Dr.Ohms2024]

i'll tell you whats wrong with it. ITS A PIECE OF SHIT! these cars are nothing but money pits and poorly made!

[@ladin425]

LMAO. What car isn't a money pit?