Originally Posted by earthrealm

Old thread, but am having challenges opening up the gear plastic housing..the white plastic on top, have removed it, but the lower black portion that has the gear stick tracks.

my gear cable actuator disengaged from the gear stick assy, am trying to re-engage it, but need access

Originally Posted by Kemponut

This post was awesome, it got me thinking though....what was easier...finding the right sized "bullet" metal piece and appropriate spring to go with that fix combo, OR...what I saw as the original problem in a short-sighted design, was the bullet sits atop the spring and then only about 3/8" in the plastic cylinder. It needs more DEPTH to stay in position when resisting pressure!!! This is the solution previous poster and I recognized. But, I want a 1-step fix. The original design was ok, it just didn't expect resistence over time, I reckon. So, I went to Home Depot, took the "bullet" part with me, found a 1/4 inch thick white plastic "washer-like' round piece that the bullet fit into perfectly. I believed I could plastic solder this washer to the top of the black cylinder that the pin sits in. Went to Freight Harbor and bout $16 plastic solder gun with triangle head. Put the spring and bullet in place, slid the new white plastic washer over bullet, and began melting a small area at the bottom together. Was surprised at the effectiveness of this and strength of such a small melt. Went around on all 4 sides of piece and melted together as much as I could, trying to get it rounded too. I was concerned about the size or thickness of the washer, being 1/4" I wasn't sure if pin would travel properly along the undercarriage. I also pre-trimmed the pyramid shaped plastic where the pin would travel between 2nd and 1st gears. I did this to ensure pin would travel along path with my new design. Worked Like A Champ!!! For less than $20, plastic solder and all, I am tickled pink. Now that thiat's fixed, I have another related issue!!! LOL... ... ...

After complete re-assembly, I have to push down on the Park Shift Assembly Safety Button to the top and left of the gear shifter when in park to get it to go into reverse or another gear. I read this was a fuse issue, but I looked at the 7.5 amp in position #3 and it was fine. Not sure if I missed a connector during assembly or what. Anyone got any ideas?

Originally Posted by Luv4R

Its a common issue.
A very cheaply designed plastic assembly
That a spring loaded pin is what keeps the hand shifter in gear place (P-R-D....) that simply moves the cable thats connected to the trans.
TRANSLATION...
The entire shift assembly is Aesthetics.
Once the cylinder in the plastic housing where the spring loaded pin ruptures the spring pops the metal pin out therefore you have nothing to prevent the shifter from clicking into a gear and staying there worse off this replacement shift assembly is now $1,200 from Toyota.
The custom Toyota off-road shop that repairs and modifies my rig is working on their own custom way of repairing this and it starts with using a longer pin that they get from Australia they're waiting for the part to arrive they will then work on my rig and I will update when it's done the results

Originally Posted by Luv4R

I would say don't waste your time or money with a used one that's probably going to come out of a same year high mileage vehicle somewhere and there's no guarantee on it suck it up buy a new one and you'll never have to address that problem again I'm looking at that in about another month about $780 online

Originally Posted by kpl

Yeah, I’m coming to that conclusion too plus don’t want it breaking on a road trip