SC1984

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Just finished the gated shifter swap on my 97 sc300. Everything shifts fine from park all the way down to Low. Problem is coming up from neutral to park. The shifter gets stuck on neutral and i have to press the small black button on the shifter plate to go to park or reverse. I didnt hook up the vss speed sensor yet. Could that be the problem ?I tried hooking it up to the pink wire on the driver side kick panel with no luck. I will try the pink wire on the ecu.

Also the lights on the shifter plate dont light up. ANY CLUES?

Exthultu

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Just to clear this from the suspects, you used the modified shift linkage correct?

SC1984

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I used the new shift linkage which was already 1 inch shorter. My old one was a little bit longer.

SC1984

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Anything ? ?

YeA 2jZ

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I hope you resolve this issue because I am bout to put a gated shifter in my 92 300 and i dont want to run into any issues. Do I also need to shorten the linkage on my 300 to make the shifet shift properly ?

JesLet

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You need to wire something... forgot, look at my diagram.

If you wire that you are able to shift by pressing the brake pedal.

JesLet

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Don't have any experience with SC300, but my advice is install the gated shifter with its proper wiring and match up the gated shifter lower lever to the A340E linkage.

Make sure before you remove the old shifter, it must be on Park. Install the gated and match it up. There you'll see if it needs to be cut or not. SC400 need to be cut an inch. You see what I'm saying?

saru

I've had this issue as well. I followed jeslet's wonderful write up and have checked my wiring over and over. My only does it intermittently. When I try to show someone it works fine. I hope you guys figure it out, as I have yet to.

JesLet

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Wire the VSS ( driver side kick panel, pink wire, there are 2, pick the fat one ) and see how it goes.

As for the light, you should use the ashtray wires.

fliptrix

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I had the same problem where the shifter would lock going up from N to R. The VSS needs to be hooked up correctly and you should be able to shift when you step on the brake. It's to prevent an accidental shift into R while driving I'm assuming.

If you really can't figure it out and can't get it working, you can just bypass it and leave the VSS and the 12v disconnected. You'll be able to shift freely from N up to R without the shifter locking.

SC1984

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Thanks guys . I tried the skinny pink wire on the driver kick panel. I will mess with it on the weekend. It was 5 am when I was done putting everything back together. Will let you know what I find .

sc4demon

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yo post some pics of what it looks like...and did you decide which **** your are going to use?

Exthultu

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Its prefered to use the 4 speed SC400 shifter with the SC400, and the 3 speed SC300 shifter with the SC300. I know the linkage length is different for the later years, not sure on the 400. We need a more detailed wiring diagram for the conversion, too much guessing and extra work just to get it all working.

SC1984

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Sorry to bring back a old thread but I finally tried fat pink wire on the driver kick panel, and still no luck. Can anyone take a pic of which wire exactly to tap into. There are so many wires and so many shades of pink,'

On another note, I got the shifter lights to work by connecting to ashtray.

SC1984

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