1993 aerostar has sloppy shift indicator After putting into drive you have to slide the shift lever some to make it show that it is drive you have to move it about to find reverse?

1993 aerostar has sloppy shift indicator After putting into drive you have to slide the shift lever some to make it show that it is drive you have to move it about to find reverse?
I had this same problem on my 1994 Aerostar automatic column shift shifter. Turned out that if you look for the shifter link underneath the dashboard (on the driver's side) there are two torx screws (mine are kinda gold-colored). Mine had worked quite loose, one had even fallen out on the floor earlier that morning.

I really thought the transmission was shot, and was praying I could get home from Idaho in the dead of winter. It had gotten to the point that I couldn't even move the shift lever to 'Park'.

All it took was some awkward tightening of those two screws, and I was back in business. Works perfectly now!