help with lighting the automatic transmission selector

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 5:39 pm

This has been bugging me for a while and although its only a minor annoyance its something I would like to fix if its not too hard. Basically, in the 23 years of use, the heat from the transmission has baked the paint in the little panel that shows park,drive, reverse, 2nd and 1st. This has no effect during the day but when you turn the lights on, the selector light shines though and even tho' it is still perfectly functional, it looks like balls.

how hard is it to get access to this plate? any advice on fixing it would be most welcome.

thanks in advance.

Now I assume many of you have not seen an automatic transmission since you last saw your nana's car, so here's a pic to illustrate

-=edit=- FWIW I put this thread here because its mostly an issue when the light is on so I guess that makes it an electrical problem

WideOpenThrottle · Post by **WideOpenThrottle** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 7:47 pm

Put in a manual gearbox!

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:07 pm

I realize this will sound like automotive blasphemy but......

having driven manual in all my previous cars, as a daily driver its nice to drive in "easy mode" especially with around town driving.

I know Ross sells replacement selector plates but I am interested in having a go at making a new custom one with a nice decorative font purely for aesthetics (and mainly because I really enjoy doing oddball mods on my car)

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 9:51 pm

Make your own custom one

sprsta · Post by **sprsta** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:29 am

go to revlimiter.net and follow the instructions for his guage faces but do it with your selector

chris · Post by **chris** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:39 am

siren676 wrote:Make your own custom one

DO THIS hahahahahaha

4A-GE · Post by **4A-GE** » Sun Dec 01, 2013 9:00 pm

Not sure if this is still a relevant thread or not, but:
When I got my Carib, the selector lights weren't going when I put the headlights on. "That's a bit oo err", I thought.
Then I hit the panel and all the lights came back on. No trouble since.

TL;DR: If it doesn't work, get a bigger hammer.

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 12:16 am

So I'm staring at that first picture and I have no idea what that is. What do all those letters do and why does your car have a forward/backward only gearbox? I'm assuming it's one of those rare sequential race boxes?

In all honesty I think you choose the wrong car to have as an auto

Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 9:29 am

You could try some CRC.. If that doesn't work. Put race tape over it.

Those 2 things along with the bigger hammer tend to fix my car every time

help with lighting the automatic transmission selector

help with lighting the automatic transmission selector

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