so, i'm drivin along and i got a open container of orange drink, not too sticky but it seems to have caused a problem with the shifter celenoid and i cant find the thread on how to take dash apart to clean celenoid and linkage with windex as i have'nt done this b4. dealer wants 60.00 to do and i'm not payin that. anybody got the thread please, cause its makin the shifter not go out of park. thanks in advance

 

You mean a solenoid?

Pop the shifter trim. Remove the ashtray screw. Pop out the cup holder. That should give you cleaning room.

 

seems like a sticky situation hehehehe

 

......lol

 

Two bolts in the back on the sides, pop the shifter trim, one screw fot the cup ash tray
pop that
then 2 more screws at the same spot, carefully lift the console out of place

 

you so funny gi, you make me laugh. ha ha ha ha not!!!!

 

pics???? i'm a noob at this stuff man, so i'm not too familiar with what is gettin cleaned off. thanks....

 

I put my cupholder in the dishwasher and it came out sparkly clean. Okay, not sparkly but you know. It was nassssty from all the drink drips etc.

The shifter plastic thingy comes out with a little prying of the rear end with your fingers, gently pull it up. It'll expose screws and stuff, just take a look. The posts above will make sense then.

 

Spray that ***** with some brake cleaner then see what happens.

 

allright, thanks guys i'll take a shot and pray i dont bust anything in the process.

 

yeah, lol, "put some Windex on it"

 

One thing is he can't pop the cupholders out, he has a '95/96 with, presumably, the same era center console (since hasn't done this before). As they've said, just remove the shifter trim, and brake cleaner the **** out of it, maybe put some shop towels down there to soak up the excess that will drip before it evaporates.

 

goodluck fellow....dont break anything now.

 

update: after spraying the crap out of it it still amost did"nt work so i took it to my tech and left it in park and i'm waiting for a call from him but think the solenoid is shot. damnit

 

for once i gotta say the dealer would've been the better choice. the guy i took it to had it from 11:30 till 5:00 and did'nt even have it done yet so i have to wait until tomorrow for the car. what a pain in the ***. the dealer would've probably had it fixed in a half hour, friggin rip off mechanic tryin to make a dollar outta fifty cents...

 

Ah I don't really know the difference between 95-6 and 97+ 4th gens. My cupholders won't stay in anymore, the clips have long since disappeared. Those things break off so easily. I've take my dash apart more times than I can count.

 

WTF is Orange Drink?

 

sippin on da syyyzzzuuurrrpp

 

Its that good stuff yo.

 

drinking and driving

 

hahahaha^^^^

 

allright yo, aint no drinkin and drivin up in my max!!! it was sittin in my center console and i got cut-off by an idiot rushin around me and had to slam on da brakes. spillage, suckage, breakage, payage, o and orange drink is da stuff wawa sells and is orange and is a drink---- DUH!!!

 

and it clearly ****s up the shifter if it gets in there. who wudda thunk!

 

yeah, i had it cleaned out and lubed and its still lockin up so i'm replacing it next week. friggin 70.00 for that stupid solenoid, oem only. $hit....

 

haha must say wawa is the ****... best store ever lol.. i love all theyr teas and drinks in the 1/2 gallon containers