1994 Ford Ranger won't shift into drive

you might need a new whole transmission or new brakes or brake fluid.

Sounds like the reverse band or servo has gone out. Transmission shop needed for a confirmation.

Sorry, sounds like trany time.

i have a 2003 chev s-10 pickup with automatic/ 4 cyl I am not able to move shifter from park to drive i believe my shifter cable is binding
gears selection matches fine when shifting. But will not get out park go to reverse or neutral selection only drive, 3rd, 2nd and 1st
do i need to replace shifting linkage cable?

On the 1995 Jimmy, the shift cable can come loose on the mount on the side of the transmission where the cable meets the trans. When it slips, the alignment goes off and causes the driver to not be able to put the trans into park. If you take a long stick you can push the shift arm on the trans to the park position and your trans will go into park.....what you (and I) really need to know is how to take the shift cable mount apart and reset it.

The column shifter needs replaced or if it has floor shift the linkage needs to be adjusted.

It is possible that the shift linkage is out of adjustment and is going into neutral and not making it to Reverse, try moving the gear selector slowly from park, through reverse to Neutral, and see if it will go into reverse somwhere in between. If this does not work ,you may have Reverse gear failure, a common problem with explorer/ranger transmissions. unfortunatly it requires rebuilding the transmission

It sounds like you have a damaged shifter cable.It is an adjustable cable but if it is that far out of adjustment then it is probably damaged. Replace it.

theres a shift cable if its floor model,linkage for column model.

Try adjusting your throttle linkage