I appreciate the perspectives -- I figured the next step would be to somehow isolate the problem to either the shifter or the transmission as something's wrong with one of them... I guess I was hoping for something missed. FastEddy, I'm assuming the parking pawl is the mechanism inside the transmission... and yep, that's a bad place for things to go wrong. Right now I've just been using neutral/parking brake to park somewhere level... luckily, in Texas, that's not too hard to find smile
Thanks again!


'89 4-Door Montero 3.0L V6
'04 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0 6L