Getting shift nob off A/T, HOW THE HELL DO YOU DO IT? Options

[Agent21]

I tried in vain yesterday to remove the shift nob on my A/T shifter and could not get the bastard off. I need to get access to the neutral safety switch before it drives me nuts. HELP.

[kristinw85]

if you pull out that little piece on the front it looks like this [ then pull up really hard on it it will come up but if you have od you have to cut the wire to get it off also i had to cut the wire that lights up the gears but i finally got it off

[dustinkemp]

Me and my dad did it but he took the fuse out that is connected to the control module (hes a mechanic lol) but it took him like 3 hours just to get the old one off.

[Valo666]

is it that hard? i took my buddies Cav's auto shift knob off in 10 min and installed his new one in 15. its got a little c-clip like kristin was sayin.

[Agent21]

That cavalier lacks all the electric over drive crap. That is what is holding me up. The neutral safety is a little happier as of lately but not by much.

[Chanh55]

When I removed the auto shift knob I had to cut the O/D wire, seems like there's no other way to do it.

Just cut it and rewire it when you install it...

[Project95St202]

It's really not much of work to remove the automatic shift knob ...
1. Start the car
2. Put on e-brake before car rolls anyway / Put the car on 1st gear
3. Turn off car / Won't be able to release key
4. Check front of the automatic shift knob for 2 small screws
5. Remove the 2 small screws
6. (Hard Part) Over drive button (Pull out the over drive little switch button)
7. After removing the switch cover you'll see the made source of over drive button
8. There is a little screw which is holding the source of the over drive button / Remove the little screw which is holding the source of the over drive switch
9. Remove the shift knob (In my case it just came out W/O any problem)

If your looking to put a different automatic shift knob, just relocate the over drive button with a on & off switch where you could turn off & on when ever you want to.

[afroman]

see i took the O/D button out of the shifter and it was soldiered if im gonna cut it i will do it in the dash and use male female to reconnect. my plan is to take a manuel knob with the button on the top and wire the button to the O/D.
-Aaron-