Selector lever and selector rod, removing and installing: Removing
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- Detach boot from frame.
- Remove shift knob and boot.
- Remove frame from center console.
- Remove nuts securing selector lever housing to center console (arrows).
- Remove front crossmember (arrow 1) from below exhaust system.
- Remove heated oxygen sensor, oxygen sensor behind three way catalytic converter, and three way catalytic converter (arrow -2-) (where applicable), see appropriate EXHAUST SYSTEM, EMISSION CONTROLS article.
- Remove front heat shield (arrow -3-).
- Loosen rear heat shield (arrow -4-) in forward area.
- Remove bolt from clamp for selector rod/selector lever (arrow -1-), and remove front bolt (arrow -2-) from bracket (mounted on steering gear).
- Remove remaining bolts (arrows) from bracket.
- Disconnect selector lever housing from body.
- Push selector lever housing toward rear, and push selector rod (together with bracket) and selector lever up into engine compartment.
- Remove bracket and selector lever from selector rod.
- Remove nut -A- and bolts -B-.
- Swing selector lever housing (together with selector rod) downward (arrow -1-) while moving assembly toward engine (arrow -2-), and remove.