Hard to Shift - No Scratches

For cases where the shift effort is high and the sliding black plastic strip does not have scratches as noted in Figure 1 add the plate adapter (PN 34981-79900) as follows:

Figure 2:

1. Remove the ash tray and the shifter cover plate (see Figure 2). Exercise care when releasing metal clips so as not to damage A/T shifter cover plate.

2. Remove the console box (remove the screws under the shifter cover plate and at the rear of the console box - Figure 2).

Figure 3:

3. Release pawls of the A/T shift indicator and lift to expose sliding plate base support (see Figure 3).

4. Clean the surface of sliding plate and lightly grease the sliding plate supports.

5. Attach the plate adapter, P/N 34981-79900 to the A/T device as shown in Figure 3.

6. Install the removed parts in reverse order.