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How to get truck in neutral with dead battery?

I have a console shift and need to get my truck in neutral, and my battery is dead. I saw the plug to pull under the steering column but even pushing the silver tab won't allow it to go into neutral.:help:

Can't you just turn the key on the on position...put your foot on the brake and shift it?

No the battery is dead it's not engaging the electric release, it's a column shift, I put console on accident.

check the manual if you haven't yet

I did, it only give directions for a console shift, you hit a white button when the cover is removed.

FYI, I know someone will need this! SET PARKING BRAKE!! Get under truck locate shift linkage, pry shifter off and click it back twice, wa la neutral!

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Originally Posted by ryanbeal

FYI, I know someone will need this! SET PARKING BRAKE!! Get under truck locate shift linkage, pry shifter off and click it back twice, wa la neutral!

That is just what I was going to say.. :thumbsup:

It's in mine
Pages 198-199

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Originally Posted by owners manual

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OPERATION
Brake-shift interlock - column-shift transmission
This vehicle is equipped with a park/brake-shift interlock feature that
prevents the gearshift lever from being moved from P (Park) when the
ignition is in the ON position unless the brake pedal is depressed.
If you cannot move the gearshift lever out of P (Park) with ignition in
the ON position and the brake pedal depressed, it is possible that a fuse
has blown or the vehicle’s brakelamps are not operating properly. Refer
to Fuses and relays in the Roadside Emergencies chapter.
If the fuse is not blown, perform the following procedure:
1. Apply the parking brake, turn the ignition to OFF/LOCK, then remove
the key.
2. Locate the round access plug on
the underside of the steering
column cover.
Driving
198
3. Remove the access plug using a flat head screwdriver, then push the
override button using a flat head screwdriver, apply the brake pedal and
shift the transmission into N (Neutral).
4. Reinstall the access plug cover, start the vehicle and release the
parking brake.

Online manual can be found here.
http://www.analogstereo.com/pdf/om/f...anual_2005.pdf

If it has a floor/console shifter you pull the trim cover off of it and depress the actuator, you don't go into the steering column.

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Originally Posted by FX4_Guy

It's in mine
Pages 198-199

Online manual can be found here.
http://www.analogstereo.com/pdf/om/f...anual_2005.pdf

That's only if you have some power but the activator at the brake pedal fails. I appreciate you looking into it though, when the battery is totally dead the only option you have is to remove the linkage and manually shift it into neutral under the truck. :thumbsup:

Wont someone loan you a battery?

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Originally Posted by FX4_Guy

Online manual can be found here.
http://www.analogstereo.com/pdf/om/f...anual_2005.pdf

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by oldmantruck

Wont someone loan you a battery?

The truck was parked in the garage and I couldn't get to the battery but it's got a new battery in it now. I picked up a blem Optima for $35.00 at the Interstate battery wharehouse.

The manual will do you no good if you were in my shoes but hopefully you won't have to find out the hard way like I did. :cool:

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Originally Posted by ryanbeal

Not so, they have over rides.
If it's a column shift there is a plug on the bottom of the steering column you remove then stick a small screwdriver up in the hole.
And if it's a floor shift you remove the top trim cover on the console and reach in and depress it.
Do you really think Ford wants people crawling under their trucks to get it into neutral?

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Originally Posted by ohboy44

It's obvious you don't know what your talking about. When you pull that plug it's an electronic contact the you press with the screwdriver so if you don't have battery power it won't work. No Ford doesn't want you crawling under the truck, that's why that part isn't in the owners manual! Maybe the console shift is different but I can't speak for the console shift because I don't have one. Ford wants you to tow the truck to the dealership, I found a way around that. This thread has become pointless except for the advice I gave which people can actually use.