hi guys my name is bino.i have a 1995 z28 camaro,and i have question about my trans.its different than other z28s.all of them that i see,start like this,P R N D 3 2 1, and mine starts like this. P R N D with circle around it and then D 2. so how can i change it to be like P R N D 3 2 1.if anybody can help me that would be great.

Bino,
I think you will find that the trans is really the same. Somewhere around 95 GM started labeling 4th gear "D" instead of "OD" like it used to be. The trans is still probably the good old 700R4 or 200R4 just different look on the selector. You still have 3 gears plus an overdrive. I noticed that my 99 Tahoe has the same thing...no more "OD" just 1 2 3 D .
Hope this helps,

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Bill Koustenis
Advanced Automotive Machine
Waldorf Md

Your car has the same tranny...the 4L60E. I had the same issue.....here is the reason!

Your car must be an LT1/4L60E auto w/ 2:73 rear gears (std.). The EPA tests a vehicle for noise emissions at (I think) 50 MPH in the lowest possible gear. With the 2.73 rear gear, that means that the testing would have to be done in 1st gear. Since the car wouldn't pass the noise emission test, GM had to "lock out" 1st gear on 2.73 gear camaro Z's. (3.42 rear gear equipped Z's had to be tested in 2nd, hence the selectible 1st gear).

To eliminate this "lock out", it is really easy. Follow these steps:
1.) Pull up the shifter plate cover off the console (it just snaps up in the back).
2.) You will see in the "1st" position, a gray plastic block molded into ribbed shift selector (the thing that locks the shifter into the gear detents).
3.) Get a sharp knife (a serrated steaknife worked well) and carfully cut off the molded plastic block.
4.) WALA! You now can select 1st gear. If you want, you can purchase then new lens with "1" on it from Chevrolet...but it isn't necessary...

Hope this helps,

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Steve McCorry - Central Ohio Camaro Club
'69 Camaro RS/SS-350 - Daytona Yellow
'95 Camaro Z-28 - Sebring Silver
click here to see my car ---> www.mindspring.com/~mccorry (http://www.mindspring.com/~mccorry)(updated 7/1/00)

[This message has been edited by mccorry (edited 07-26-2000).]

Bino....couldn't get you on Email....

You just need to cut the black/gray plastic block. The metal behind it is a stop and must be left in place.

Good luck...let me know how it works out...

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Steve McCorry - Central Ohio Camaro Club
'69 Camaro RS/SS-350 - Daytona Yellow
'95 Camaro Z-28 - Sebring Silver
click here to see my car ---> www.mindspring.com/~mccorry (http://www.mindspring.com/~mccorry)(updated 7/1/00)