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Select Lever: Installation

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2002 Subaru Outback and 2002 Subaru Legacy. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
  1. Mount the select lever onto the vehicle body.
  2. Tighten the four bolts to install the selector lever to the vehicle body, then connect connector.
    1. Tightening torque:  13 N.m (1.3 kgf-m, 9.4 ft-lb)
    Fig 1: Installing Selector Lever Assembly To Body
    G02960737Courtesy of SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
  3. Install console box. Refer to INSTALLATION , Console Box.
  4. Set location of select lever at "N" position.
  5. Set location of select arm installed on the transmission body at "N" position.
  6. Insert the thread portion of the other inner cable and into the connector hole of the selector lever, and fix the other outer cable end to the bracket.
    1. Tightening torque:  18 N.m (1.8 kgf-m, 13.0 ft-lb)
  7. Adjust the select cable. Refer to ADJUSTMENT  , Select Cable.
  8. After completion of fitting, make sure that the selector lever operates smoothly across the entire operating range.
  9. Connect the harnesses and check the following items.
    1. The engine starts operating when selector lever is in position "P", but not in other positions.
    2. The back-up light is lit when the selector lever is in position "R", but not in other positions.
  10. Check shift-lock system.
    1. Ensure ignition switch rotates from "ACC" to "LOCK" when the selector lever is set at "P". Also check that ignition key can be removed only from the "LOCK" position.
      Fig 2: Removing Cable Bracket & Plate
      G02960738Courtesy of SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
    2. Ensure selector lever moves from "P" to any other position when the brake pedal is depressed with ignition key set at "ON" or "START".
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