Neutral Safety Switch

[JMI]

So my auto transmission works just fine, however...
When moving the shift lever to neutral the shift indicator in the instrument cluster, the "N" for neutral if I jiggle the shift lever slightly will go on and off. No effect that I have noticed with the tranny but annoying none the less. Can something be tightened up? I suppose it could be cleaned but if I go through the trouble of pulling it out might as well change it. Is there a go write up on this somewhere? Any suggestions?

TIA

Jim

[gale]

Pretty easy to get to. Cleaning sounds exactly what your needs. Here's a link:

http://www.nmia.com/~dgnrg/page_13.htm

[JMI]

That just about covers it. Thanks

Jim

[scott 4991]

Jim, I have the same issue in my 1990 535. I have removed the A/T shifter 'floor' and see the metal steps for shifting location. I see there is a large one which allows the shifter to move into Neutral or "D" w/o any restriction. I will be interested if the above 'fix' solves your problem. It did not solve mine.

Scott