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Shift Indicator Light
Redone my steering column. Auto, 2 speed
I found a little fiberoptic cable in there that ran up to the shift indicator. One end plugs into a light socket and the other end plugs up into the indicator. I cleaned everything good and put in a new bulb and expected to see a big bright lighted up indicator, but it did not happen. It's just a tiny little light that really doesn't help much. Is that normal? Is that just as good as it works? Maybe it will show up better in the total dark, but setting in the shop, I wonder why they even bothered. |
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Re: Shift Indicator Light
LMAO I did the same thing ..subscribed to see what others say...kinda like my heater control light....
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Re: Shift Indicator Light
You may want to pull the fiber optic cable out and inspect, if it is frayed at all (like mine was when I swaped columns) it wont let as much light to the indicator. there is also a trick where you can put in a different bulb in your gauge cluster to make it brighter, but I cant remember the type of bulb. a bunch of guys do this just to make their dash lights brighter. hopefully someone will chime in with this bulb info.
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Re: Shift Indicator Light
I got mine working a while back and it's not spectacular, but it get the job done. I'm not sure I would want it much brighter, it would probably be distracting.
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Re: Shift Indicator Light
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Re: Shift Indicator Light
yea why is it that the light for the heater A/C is on the other side of the controls oposite side of the fan which is what I wanna see ??...or is there supose o be a light on that side too??
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Re: Shift Indicator Light
The end of the fiber optic cable needs to have a clean cut end to transmit the light properly. Take a razor blade and trim the ends smooth and it will work better.
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Re: Shift Indicator Light
My truck is a non A/C truck, I don't think it has a heater light. I took all the heater out too and re did all of it with new ducts, rubber, and everything and my control box "aint got no" light bulb no where. Do all heaters have lights?? If so, where is the buld supposed to be??
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Re: Shift Indicator Light
all heater controls, a/c or non a/c had lights.
Non A/C had a single bulb as described above, A/C trucks had 2 bulbs on the control panel, one left, and one right. |
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