Will Do!

ok, this morning, dropped pan readjusted the cable. put everything back together . hit all the gears,GREAT! then later tested it again NOTHING
it won't go into gear, stuck in neutral. i guess back to the drawing board.

Try pulling the park-lever up-and-down a couple of times...

tryed it! NOTHING

when i push the buttons it seems to shift, just nothing happens doesn't go into gear.

Do the buttons CLICK IN ? ... and stay-in ? ... Did you observe the cable action in the valve-body underneath the car?

the buttons do click in and stay in but i doesn't go into gear

....but did you or someoen else observe from underneath with the pan off ? .... something is jamming the cable up.

yes,i had friend shift while i adjusted it. it was perfect. test drove it was fine.. then test drive again squat. i'm going to drop the pan again. something is not right with the cable. where would i get a new cable?

I think it is something ON or IN the VB ... a bad cable would not act this way.

If you've already done so my apologies for doubling up on this, but did you change the filter? I've had these plug up after sitting a long time. I'm in the middle of the same thing with a Coronet that sat for a long time. Got it running, tranny worked for a few tries and then nothing. Filter was plugged.

no, i didn't try that. its raining but i'll change filter as i check cable position.

If in doubt about whether the cable is moving the roostercomb, just pull the NSS and you can observe the movement of the roostercomb.

ok john, forgive me but whats roostercable, and nss? thanks

The roostercomb is the internal shift lever that the spring-loaded ball sits in to make shift detents, NSS is Neutral Safety Switch.

hi
you MUST use the filter for 62-65 with 2 feed holes NOT 66 and later

I also had the same problem with the filter, you can cut the second hole in the filter and it will work. As far as the shift cable adjustment, I pushed the neutral pb in and then adjusted the cable so that the neutral safety switch was depressed and all worked fine.

Now where do you buy that tee shirt?

Ok update! dropped pan,changed filter, watched as cable was shifted everything moved fine,worked fine etc.. put everything back together and nothing! buttons push in,they stay in,they change nice when you switch gears. zero zip! WHAT gives? How does it go from working one minute then nothing?

TIME ...for a line-pressure check.