Daily driver trans or electrical issue?

[kelseydum]

Here’s the piece that was broken

 

[kelseydum]

Well got it out. Like suspected it looks like the tip is broken and by the pic you can see where it mushroomed and was sticking and wearing on one side. Pain in the ass to get out but an $8 fix is such a relief... and I learned lots about my transmission!

 

[Old Iron]

Sorry didn't see your question back to me.
As you found out, yes it was an internal part.
Glad you got it fixed.

 

[kelseydum]

Oldiron, thanks for that diagram. It helped a lot

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

an $8 fix is such a relief...

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[26Troadster]

glad you got it fixed and on the cheap side.

 

[kelseydum]

Just so others who may have this issue this is what my Park Pawl Actuator/ Rod looks like vs the good one. Turned out a fellow car guy I found on Facebook marketplace happened to have one and just gave it to me. 1hr trip for it (well worth it since I was going to have to special order and was looking at another 2-3 days deliver).

The second pic shows what’s happening because of the broken tip and sometimes when I pushed the spring back up to it the spring was getting stuck.