Ever since I bought the jeep the shifter indicator was more of a suggestion. When you were in park it looked more like reverse on the shifter indicator. Anyway, I got underneath to adjust the linkage. It's a pretty easy adjustment. Just one nut, then slide the bar up or down to line up at the right gear. I did this though, and the jeep all of a sudden wouldn't hold when it was in park. The problem was the bushings in the linkage were so worn that the linkage was very sloppy and wasn't staying in gear. I took a video of the linkage as I shifted through the gears and you can tell the bar going horizontal is pretty sloppy. I was able to buy some nylon spacers at lowes that fit almost perfect. I shaved just a tiny bit off the outside of each with a sanding pad on my dremel to make it fit in the existing bracket. It made everything really tight, lined up on the indicator and shifts great now. A really cheap, easy fix.
The 2 new clean spacers in place of the old bushings. Everything fit very snug back in place.
It's hard to read, but the nylon spacers are 3/8" x 1" x 3/8"
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