'84 BII doesn't like to start in Park

Wheelz · Post by **Wheelz** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 3:10 pm

Hi all, new to the site. I just recently acquired an '84 BII from a friend. It has the 2.8L in it. When starting the truck it gets tempermental and requires me to put it in neutral before it will turn over

. Once started I can put it back in park and it keeps running fine.

Any suggestions why this is happening would be greatly appreciated.

vicsbronco · Post by **vicsbronco** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 3:48 am

Neutral safety switch is not aligned correct, plus shifter itself might be little off. Basicly, you are starting truck in the gear (not healthy for tranny).
I had the same. Look up on rangerstation under trannies- there is a good write up there. To alighn a switch you need to put a shifter in Park, loosen hold-down bolt on the switch and using a 1/8 drill bit align it until bit goes through little bit. For the shifter, loose bolt on linkage assembly, put lever in D, than manually shift tranny to the D and tighten a bolt.

Wheelz · Post by **Wheelz** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 8:16 am

Thanks for the input Vics, i'll give it a shot and see what happens. Sounds right because I have noticed that the shift indicator has to be slightly below the gear i'm putting it into.