Finalized the paperwork and had a roll back type tow truck bring it home and popped the hood, pulled the battery, removed the battery mounting to access underneath to vacuum leaves out. Sanded a little rust off of the corner of the battery mount frame and repainted it. Removed air cleaner assembly and replaced the air intake filters. Used an air hose to remove debris that had accumulated and basically detailed the entire engine bay. Removed fine debris from the soft top and washed the nasty wheel wells and wheels and door jam and door sill.
~ Put in a good battery, turned the key to start position, after hearing the fuel pump, no start... used a tool to shift to neutral, turned the key and the car started. ..The brake lights do work, xcept 1/2 of the wing light..uggh....anyway...Released the trunk and inspected for evidence of water intrusion, same for passenger footwell..shes dry, or appears to be. I forgot to check the A/C while I had it running....
~ My symptoms are identical to at least 2 posts in 2018, stuck in park category, but I didn't want to reply to the old thread.
~Shifting to Park from neutral , does indeed lock the shifter and as Padget said in his reply to that post, it is stuck in 1st gear. I drove it down the street and she never did shift, nor did it shift using autostick. While in neutral, car running, shifting to Reverse or Drive, is a hard shift and the tranny, seems to act like it's in a bind. Similarly, with the foot on the brake and in either Drive or Reverse, the car seems to vibrate more than ...well...more than either of the 3 others that I have driven.
~ I bought the brake switch, a 6 pin switch and intend to try to change it out tomorrow after another wash and claybar and wax...
~ I feel that someone may have spilled a liquid as some of the posts allude to, I'll check that and put in a known working RCM...No, I won't turn the key while it is out.
~ I DID get Check Engine, code..606?..maybe?..communication error. I am thinking to inspect the cable underneath at the tranny.
~ At 135,000 miles, I am sure it needs a complete flush of the tranny...this is a service that I have allowed the st..er..dealer to peform on 2 of my crossies, the third only has 43,000, so it doesn't need that service. They are proud of the service and as I recall the tranny fluid as well.
~ Alternator light was on , but, it might have been my fault not tightening the cable tight enough. I will recheck that tomorrow.
~ TPM light is on, so that should be fun also.
~ I did NOT check out the function of the convertible top yet since the ALT light was on. I am told that it works properly. It appears to have been replaced as it is in great shape.