Would someone know how to get the console out of my 1996 xj cherokee...Can't get the plastic shifter plate over my auto shifter handle?
I don't want to brake the plastic plate...but hole in plate, to small for AUTO handle?

Also ...where does one get shifter ID (for Auto trans)...the area that lets you know what gear to shift into....mine has all but faded away.

Any help would be much appreciated....
Thanks Dave in San Diego dlcody@***.net

 

just pull up on the shifter handle. It will slide off. Kind of tight but it will slide off.

 

The local junkyard is probly the best place to find the shifter ID. as far as the handle oowhtra is right just grab it real good and pull straight up, it will come off.

 

Just make sure you put the tranny into neutral or drive before you do so, otherwise you'll bash your hand on the dash. Also, do not do this while standing over the handle. Bad things will happen.

 

well dang it haha...ive actually managed to figure out how to remove the center console without removing the shifter...this will make it going back in a TON easier...

 

Thanks...but so far no luck...even tried a hammer.
But I will keep trying...thanks again Dave

 

Thanks...I will do some cking a my local Pick A Part Junkyards.
So far no luck on the handle...even tried a hammer...I will keep trying.
Thanks again ...Dave in San Diego


The local junkyard is probly the best place to find the shifter ID. as far as the handle oowhtra is right just grab it real good and pull straight up, it will come off.

 

Thanks, So far no luck, even tried a Hammer.

Just make sure you put the tranny into neutral or drive before you do so, otherwise you'll bash your hand on the dash. Also, do not do this while standing over the handle. Bad things will happen.

 

Yes, I figured out a way to remove the console without removing the Auto Handle...but it sure would be easier if the handle with removed

Thanks...but so far no luck...even tried a hammer.
But I will keep trying...thanks again Dave

 

learn somethin new everyday...pretty firm pull and the handle comes right off. sure made reinstall of the console quite easy.