Originally Posted by
Slicker
I had a Chevy Monza wagon that wouldn't shift into or out of park, but I knew what the problem was: It all started while loading a '41 Chevy pickup onto a dual axle trailer hitched up to the Monza. The pickup didn't have any brakes and also wasn't running, so we set up some blocks on the trailer with the trailer downhill of the barn where the truck was parked. We aired up the tires and rolled the truck downhill and onto the trailer. While the blocks did stop it, both the car and trailer skidded forward about 3 feet which somehow stretched the cable going from the shifter to the transmission. I could get it into gear but it wouldn't go back into park until I swapped out the cable. Only a few weeks later, one of the pistons blew on the Monza. I guess that little six just wasn't made to pull 3 tons for a hundred miles.