I recently bought a wheel trans Bus. I started to take the wheel chair
lift out, (plasma cut the bolts), and cut the power wires etc.

The last large power wire I went to cut, blew my side cutters apart.

I went to move my Bus( E350 super duty diesel) and it would not move
out of Park! I tried everything, I had to shift it from under the
body just to get it back to my garage.

Any hints would be appriciated.
Thanks

I recently picked up a wheel trans bus. I plasma cut the bolts and
cut the power wires to the wheel chair lift. The last wire I cut was
large and blew my side cuters apart.

I went to move the Bus and it would not move from PARK. I tried
everything. The brake lights are not working now, but it seems all the
fuses are still good. I had to move it, so I had to put it in drive
from under the body, while someone held the brakes.

Health and safety officer (not)

Any help would be appriciated.
Thanks

There's a SAFETY interlock on the transmission, in that it won't shift
out of Park unless the foot brake is depressed. The only way the
transmission "knows" this is if the brake lights are on. To have the
transmission selector to function normally, repair the power cable to
the brake lights.

Check the brake light circuit & fuse - there's an interlock solenoid
so you have to have your foot on the brakes to shift out of Park.

And next time you pull off the negative battery cable before you
start cutting mystery wires. Especially big ones.
--<< Bruce >>--

On 22 Feb 2007 09:45:48 -0800, info@yourlimousineawaits.com

I don't recall the schematic of the chair lift but, it does
have an interlock with the trans selector to keep it in park
until the lift is properly secured. It may also have an
interlock with the park brake. You will need to somehow
disablw that part of the circuitry or return it to proper
operation. The work around is usually to moved the selector
to nuetral before turning the key to the on position. Once
it is in the nuetral porition, you should be able to start
the engine. I hope you have pulled the fuses on the
circuits that fed the lift.

Lugnut

can you take it out of park with the key turned ahead but not started?

i know if a brake light is out you can't move it from park w/ the truck
started