To bring you up to speed, here is the deal.... I purchased a 92 ford tempo from a car auction. they had to tow the car through the auction house (pickup and tow rope).
After the auction, I was informed that the car did run, but being the alternator was removed, they didnt want to run the car. So, I put the alternator back on (yes, it is bad, but I just wanted to hear the car run), and placed a battery in it. The engine runs like a top. Then I tried to shift it from park....and it wont leave the park position.
Now, I didnt see the wheels when they were towing it (I was in the back row), but I am assuming that at that point in time, in order to tow it (by tow rope), the car had to be in netural, or else the drive wheels would have been dragging, making it near impossable to tow. My question is, why cant I get it out of park?
I have tried rocking the car while someone else was tring to get it out of park, I tried appling the brake while tring to shift from park, and I tried appling the hand-brake (parking brake) while tring to shift from park, and nothing works.
I was wondering if it could be one of the following...
1: A cable disconneted that wont release the transmisson from park 2: Low tranny fluid (I forgot to check this.....) 3: I was told that a "blown fuse" is what is causing the onboard computer from releasing the tranny, is this true? 4: Could it be possable that after they towed it out of the auction, they placed it into park while the car was in motion, causing the tranny to lock up? But, from what I have read, the tranny is designed to prevent such a lockup.Please, any help/info is greatly apperciated, I have 1 week to get the car out of there!
Thank you!