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WV64Signet said

Pulled the Park housing...

The lock spring was loose and literally fell out...

But looking at it, trying to figure out how to get it to stay in the appropriate slot. It seems sprung?

Stop washer is a bit bent...

And if it matters the passageway on the side of the housing was plugged with liquid gasket...

Open to good ideas or.even some bad ones on how to get the locking spring to stay in place.

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That spring clip is bent open to far right at your thumb nail in middle photo, the cross bar part should be centered over the middle of the loops.
Take some small needle nose pliers and slowly bend it clock wise till it is centered. Slide the loops over the sleeve and just lift the tab end up to clear the sleeve and slide it down till the cross bar pops I to slot.
This a common problem on the clip when over pushing tab to release cable.
Lon