98 will not move

[1987cut]

No detents? It just moves freely?
If so, busted shift cable 100%

No, I can feel the detents. Im not a newbie. I’ve tried everything I can think of. Im not getting power somewhere. Im trying to get it in my shop now. It’s got a 4/6 drop under it and I’ve got to get it up in the air. I was hoping it was something common in these 96-98 trucks

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

No, I can feel the detents. Im not a newbie. I’ve tried everything I can think of. Im not getting power somewhere. Im trying to get it in my shop now. It’s got a 4/6 drop under it and I’ve got to get it up in the air. I was hoping it was something common in these 96-98 trucks

If no detents felt, cable is either disconnected or broken. But if you feel the position of each gear, that's not it.

 

[Caman96]

I figured we’d already moved beyond obvious mechanical reasons.

 

[1987cut]

I figured we’d already moved beyond obvious mechanical reasons.

We have

 

[618 Syndicate]

No, I can feel the detents. Im not a newbie. I’ve tried everything I can think of. Im not getting power somewhere. Im trying to get it in my shop now. It’s got a 4/6 drop under it and I’ve got to get it up in the air. I was hoping it was something common in these 96-98 trucks

It's not a matter of being a newbie, it's a matter of working through the possible causes, and if you'd provided that information to begin with, I wouldn't have started there.
A broken shifter cable is common in these trucks.
It's unlikely to be a power issue or you'd have at least 2 forward gears and reverse.

 

[618 Syndicate]

I figured we’d already moved beyond obvious mechanical reasons.

How many times have have you seen someone on here overlook what others consider obvious?

 

[Caman96]

I figured we’d already moved beyond obvious mechanical reasons.

We have

 

[1987cut]

I just got out from under the truck. The shift cable is working. I can feel the detents. The neutral safety switch is working. The 20amp PRNDL fuse has 12 volts on each side. I checked the bulkhead connection and nothing is bent. The tach is working. No CEL

 

[Supercharged111]

Can you have someone row gears and observe the transmission lever moving? If your trans is full and the lever makes a full sweep your trans needs a rebuild. A 4L60 defaults to 3rd gear when it loses power and reverse will still work.

 

[Caman96]

Possibly the brake shift actuator?

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