Tilt Wheel Shift Indicator Light Bulb - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**DANTIP** · 09-23-2008, 09:22 PM

Classic Bowties (Mel) wrote a very good procedure to change the shift indicator bulb in a tilt wheel. The procedure worked great but I cannot find in any manual (service or owner's) what the bulb number is. Many of the small bulbs are 194 but I would like to know if someone knows for sure. BTW I nearly broke my white plastic indicator off when I tried to take the PRNDL housing off. I used to wonder why most tilt wheel had the indicator broken off and now I know at least one of the culprits.

**KevsClassics** · 09-23-2008, 09:24 PM

That bulb is a 1445

**DANTIP** · 09-23-2008, 10:11 PM

The info I looked up on the 1495 claims it is a 28v bulb. I now suspect it is a 1445.

gcburdic · 09-24-2008, 08:51 AM

Hey Dantip,

can you post the link to the htread Classic Bowties did on this???...thanks!!!

**DANTIP** · 09-24-2008, 09:02 AM

Here it is. The original question was related to a non-tilt fiber-optic line and morphed into info on changing the bulb in a tilt column. BTW this worked very well.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=307100

**DANTIP** · 09-24-2008, 10:18 AM

The 1445 bulb works perfectly! I did however fail to make a mental note of the orientation of the slot in the metal bulb cover and had to use a mirror to figure it out during reassembly. This note should be added to the procedure. Thankfully this bulb is rated for 1000 hrs of use (should be good for the next 36 years or so). I could have changed 8 spark plugs in the time it took me to change 1 little light bulb.

gcburdic · 09-24-2008, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DANTIP

Here it is. The original question was related to a non-tilt fiber-optic line and morphed into info on changing the bulb in a tilt column. BTW this worked very well.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=307100

Thanks for all the help Mr. Dantip!!!!

**leddzepp** · 09-24-2008, 12:53 PM

I am going to have to check mine out...it does not work either. It did for a while, but hasn't in years now.

jondancer · 11-26-2010, 09:24 PM

i just changed mine, the bulb works, but it does not light up the indicator very well with that green piece on.

eightbanger · 11-26-2010, 10:39 PM

Great info, now I need to find one of those little Green filter thingys, any ideas folks?

09-23-2008, 09:22 PM	#1
DANTIP Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA Posts: 1,889	Tilt Wheel Shift Indicator Light Bulb Classic Bowties (Mel) wrote a very good procedure to change the shift indicator bulb in a tilt wheel. The procedure worked great but I cannot find in any manual (service or owner's) what the bulb number is. Many of the small bulbs are 194 but I would like to know if someone knows for sure. BTW I nearly broke my white plastic indicator off when I tried to take the PRNDL housing off. I used to wonder why most tilt wheel had the indicator broken off and now I know at least one of the culprits.

09-23-2008, 09:24 PM	#2
KevsClassics TILT COLUMN GURU Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: FRESNO CA Posts: 4,276	Re: Tilt Wheel Shift Indicator Light Bulb That bulb is a 1445 Last edited by KevsClassics; 09-24-2008 at 01:34 PM.

09-23-2008, 10:11 PM	#3
DANTIP Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA Posts: 1,889	Re: Tilt Wheel Shift Indicator Light Bulb The info I looked up on the 1495 claims it is a 28v bulb. I now suspect it is a 1445.

09-24-2008, 08:51 AM	#4
gcburdic Restoration Virgin! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Huntersville, NC Posts: 8,298	Re: Tilt Wheel Shift Indicator Light Bulb Hey Dantip, can you post the link to the htread Classic Bowties did on this???...thanks!!! __________________ Geoff with a G 1968 Chevy C10 SWB The Mistress 1972 Custom Deluxe C20 Suburban A Suburban Named Isabella 1966 Ford Mustang Mama's High School Graduation Present

09-24-2008, 09:02 AM	#5
DANTIP Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA Posts: 1,889	Re: Tilt Wheel Shift Indicator Light Bulb Here it is. The original question was related to a non-tilt fiber-optic line and morphed into info on changing the bulb in a tilt column. BTW this worked very well. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=307100

09-24-2008, 10:18 AM	#6
DANTIP Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA Posts: 1,889	Re: Tilt Wheel Shift Indicator Light Bulb The 1445 bulb works perfectly! I did however fail to make a mental note of the orientation of the slot in the metal bulb cover and had to use a mirror to figure it out during reassembly. This note should be added to the procedure. Thankfully this bulb is rated for 1000 hrs of use (should be good for the next 36 years or so). I could have changed 8 spark plugs in the time it took me to change 1 little light bulb.

09-24-2008, 12:53 PM	#8
leddzepp Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern Cal Posts: 20,022	Re: Tilt Wheel Shift Indicator Light Bulb I am going to have to check mine out...it does not work either. It did for a while, but hasn't in years now. __________________ 1972 C/10 Cheyenne Super SWB. Restored, loaded, slammed. 1968 C/10 50th Anniversary LWB. Unrestored, stock, daily driver/work truck. RIP ElJay RIP 67ChevyRedneck RIP Grumpy Old Man RIP FleetsidePaul Last edited by leddzepp; 11-27-2010 at 03:02 AM.

11-26-2010, 09:24 PM	#9
jondancer Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: central michigan Posts: 1,194	Re: Tilt Wheel Shift Indicator Light Bulb i just changed mine, the bulb works, but it does not light up the indicator very well with that green piece on.

11-26-2010, 10:39 PM	#10
eightbanger 454 MAKES IT ROAR Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Essex, U.K Posts: 2,701	Re: Tilt Wheel Shift Indicator Light Bulb Great info, now I need to find one of those little Green filter thingys, any ideas folks? __________________ Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger Last edited by eightbanger; 11-26-2010 at 10:43 PM.



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