How to get truck in neutral with dead battery?
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It's in mine
Pages 198-199
Online manual can be found here.
http://www.analogstereo.com/pdf/om/f...anual_2005.pdf
Pages 198-199
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
http://www.analogstereo.com/pdf/om/f...anual_2005.pdf
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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
Pages 198-199
Online manual can be found here.
http://www.analogstereo.com/pdf/om/f...anual_2005.pdf
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Originally Posted by FX4_Guy
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Originally Posted by oldmantruck
Wont someone loan you a battery?
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.
#14
02-17-2007, 04:47 PM
Originally Posted by ryanbeal
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.
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
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?
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?