Dodgy gear selector hack?

[LunarGrape]

Hi. My gear selector is somewhat temperamental. I’d say 8/10 times it raises up but the other times when it stays down are a pain, and when you turn it then it sounds a bit horrible and damaging almost. 
 

I wondered if anyone has ever figured out a way to get it permanently to stay up? Like maybe there’s a way to disconnect the up and down motor or remove a fuse or something on ODB?

like it’s a neat gimmick… but if it staying up is easiest, that’s what I want it to do. 

[Psy Power]

Vijagra LOL😁

[Wrinkly]

9 hours ago, Psy Power said:

Vijagra LOL😁

Is that a new form of lubricant ???????????????????

Cheers, John

[LunarGrape]

It’s now switched to raising 2/10 times and I’m sure it’s weather based, much worse when it’s cold/wet

[mime]

I had this problem.

For emergency situations, I installed a pushbutton switch, which can temporarily bypass the PO30P06P P-Channel MOSFET source to the drain.

Here's the datasheet

https://pdf1.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/view/1227854/VBSEMI/30P06.html

So I soldered the wire to the tab, which also connects to pin 2 (DRAIN) and to pin3 which is the SOURCE.

What this does is energise the solenoid which retracts the actuator pin which locks the gear selector in place.

I just hid the pushbutton switch behind the little trip panel close to the parking brake switch.

 

 

Edited December 9, 2022 by mime
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