Auto or manual??? If it's your automatic that is stiff(which is common)it is the shifter assembly its self. I've found the best thing to do is remove the heatsheild under the car. Disconnect the cable. Drill a very small hole in the housing for the shifter assembly(just the size of the lubricant hose)and squirt the hell out of it through the hole with some WD-40 or PB blaster. Go in the car and work the lever back and forth a few times then repeat the squirting. When it's nice a free clean around the hole really well with some brake cleaner or alcohol and put a dab of silicone over the hole(not in it) to close it up.
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Do you get this condition only in cold weather? If yes, there is a post on this website that explains how a different lube mixture will cure that ill. My Tour grew up in Buffalo, and it was a real "stick in the mud" in the Winter.
Originally posted by big_mack: Do you get this condition only in cold weather? If yes, there is a post on this website that explains how a different lube mixture will cure that ill. My Tour grew up in Buffalo, and it was a real "stick in the mud" in the Winter.
Especially first gear! They say it's like trying to shift through peanut butter...
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You sure it isn't the gear oil in the trans itself??? When was the last time it was changed???
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Originally posted by crassell: Anyone have a fix for stiff shifter rod linkage? I took the linkage off and worked all the plastic joints but its still tight.
Its the the plastic piviot joints in the shift linkage itself. I took the linkage off and worked it back and forth while adding spray silicone to the joint, but its still tight.
CRASSELL
95 Contour V6 auto
96 Contour V6 5 spd
97 Contour 2.0 Auto
i had my mystique 5 speed that did the smae thing i took it off from the bottom under neath he car..i took off the heat sheild and dropped down the shifter and u will see the casing i think there is liek 5 bolts..i jsut opened that up and put some grease in there and worked it in mine was really dried out and it seems to perfectly fine now smooth as anything.. man i used to hate shifting to reverse when it was stiff and 5 ahah anyways my .02
CRASSELL
95 Contour V6 auto
96 Contour V6 5 spd
97 Contour 2.0 Auto
They say it's like trying to shift through peanut butter...