auto. shift ind. light
automatic shift ind. light bulb, inop.
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From: Texas Hill Country
Originally Posted by BB
Ya got me!?
There's also no bulb listed in the owner's manual for it.
There's also no bulb listed in the owner's manual for it.
I agree, tore up my manuals looking... I will take a photo of it as soon as it gets dark and post it.
I got one, trust me...
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Well I’ll be damned, would you look at that! It’s beautiful!
But honestly, I still don’t believe it. The exploded diagrams of the column, the wiring diagrams for it and the bulb replacement charts don’t show it. Plus I’ve had my fair share of columns apart, it’s just not there.
Reminds me of the day my Dad drove home in our brand-new ’69 van, a Club Wagon with the top of the line Chateau package. Its column is just like our trucks and I oohed and aahed the plastic see-thru PRND21. Couldn’t wait for it to get dark so I could see that baby glow like something out of an old Chrysler Imperial. Well, darkness came with a big disappointment, no light, aah shucks!
Unless it’s another one of those weird ’67-only things, I think maybe somebody added that in?
But honestly, I still don’t believe it. The exploded diagrams of the column, the wiring diagrams for it and the bulb replacement charts don’t show it. Plus I’ve had my fair share of columns apart, it’s just not there.
Reminds me of the day my Dad drove home in our brand-new ’69 van, a Club Wagon with the top of the line Chateau package. Its column is just like our trucks and I oohed and aahed the plastic see-thru PRND21. Couldn’t wait for it to get dark so I could see that baby glow like something out of an old Chrysler Imperial. Well, darkness came with a big disappointment, no light, aah shucks!
Unless it’s another one of those weird ’67-only things, I think maybe somebody added that in?
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From: Texas Hill Country
Originally Posted by BB
Well I’ll be damned, would you look at that! It’s beautiful!
Unless it’s another one of those weird ’67-only things, I think maybe somebody added that in?
Unless it’s another one of those weird ’67-only things, I think maybe somebody added that in?
BB...
There's a light inside the column, shines up thru the hole the plastic indicator snaps into. I suppose it could have been added... simple task to pull out the indicator, run a stiff wire down thru the column with the horn wires (24"?) and pull a 2 wire light thru, wire it to the headlight switch.
Boys, I think we're on to something!
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Originally Posted by Jimbare
it is an automatic only thing. most replacements are not the same as the auto origonal.
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Originally Posted by GolferSA
BB...
There's a light inside the column, shines up thru the hole the plastic indicator snaps into. I suppose it could have been added... simple task to pull out the indicator, run a stiff wire down thru the column with the horn wires (24"?) and pull a 2 wire light thru, wire it to the headlight switch.
Boys, I think we're on to something!
There's a light inside the column, shines up thru the hole the plastic indicator snaps into. I suppose it could have been added... simple task to pull out the indicator, run a stiff wire down thru the column with the horn wires (24"?) and pull a 2 wire light thru, wire it to the headlight switch.
Boys, I think we're on to something!
GolferSA, you got a Ranger don't ya? Is it possible a Ranger thang but I've seen Ranger columns too!? Ya think you could check out which wires are used and their colors if you get a chance?
Also, you say it's too bright. Does it dim with the instrument panel lights or just stay bright?
I love a mystery!
Thanks!
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i have seen 2 differant setups on the lite. first is a socket holder in the back of the switch, most were broken and wouldnt hold a socket anymore when i got em. second is a sqare hole in the top of the column, had a clip in socket like the radio had. the indicator extends past the switch a little, and uses refraction to light the indicator. nobody ever changed the bulb cause it was so much trouble.
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From: Texas Hill Country
Originally Posted by BB
GolferSA, you got a Ranger don't ya?
Also, you say it's too bright. Does it dim with the instrument panel lights or just stay bright?
Ya think you could check out which wires are used and their colors if you get a chance?
Also, you say it's too bright. Does it dim with the instrument panel lights or just stay bright?
Ya think you could check out which wires are used and their colors if you get a chance?
BB...
I have a Custom Cab... with a C6, which may or may not have been the original tranny... wonder if they swapped the column too? Because I have a horn ring and not a horn button,and my emergency flasher switch is on the column (see pics).
No noticible dimming with the instrument panel... of course I don't get much panel light dimming either
And no, I'm not @#$%^&*! with my wiring, thanks!
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Last edited by GolferSA; Sep 24, 2004 at 07:07 PM.
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GolferSA, a Custom Cab will have the horn ring instead of the button. The part that gets me is your emergency switch on the column! I couldn't make it out very well in the pics, would you mind taking a close-up of it?
Thanks again!
The C6 wasn't available in pickups until '68 and I think your column's been swapped.
The plot thickens...
Thanks again!
The C6 wasn't available in pickups until '68 and I think your column's been swapped.
The plot thickens...
Last edited by BB; Sep 25, 2004 at 12:52 PM.
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From: Texas Hill Country
Originally Posted by BB
GolferSA, a Custom Cab will have the horn ring instead of the button. The part that gets me is your emergency switch on the column! I couldn't make it out very well in the pics, would you mind taking a close-up of it?
Thanks again!
The C6 wasn't available in pickups until '68 and I think your column's been swapped.
The plot thickens...
Thanks again!
The C6 wasn't available in pickups until '68 and I think your column's been swapped.
The plot thickens...
Here ya go... works and everything!
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auto. shift light
golfer, if you have the emergency flasher on your steering column, and not the dash......someone changed the steering column. the emergency flashers were on the dash until 73......is it a tilt column? most people did the swap to get a tilt steering column.
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Thanks golfer!!!
That's a '73+ column with the flasher there. Their PRND21 does light up and has two bulbs to do it, each on their own separate circuit. The hood or collar is missing that's suppose to wrap around the plastic PRND21, so that's what it looks like with it off, just like our trucks! I like it!
Thanks again!!
That's a '73+ column with the flasher there. Their PRND21 does light up and has two bulbs to do it, each on their own separate circuit. The hood or collar is missing that's suppose to wrap around the plastic PRND21, so that's what it looks like with it off, just like our trucks! I like it!
Thanks again!!
Last edited by BB; Sep 25, 2004 at 05:17 PM.
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From: Texas Hill Country
Originally Posted by BB
Thanks golfer!!!
That's a '73+ column with the flasher there. Their PRND21 does light up and has two bulbs to do it, each on their own separate circuit. The hood or collar is missing that's suppose to wrap around the plastic PRND21, so that's what it looks like with it off, just like our trucks! I like it!
Thanks again!!
That's a '73+ column with the flasher there. Their PRND21 does light up and has two bulbs to do it, each on their own separate circuit. The hood or collar is missing that's suppose to wrap around the plastic PRND21, so that's what it looks like with it off, just like our trucks! I like it!
Thanks again!!
BB...
Yeah, me too... no tilt, wouldn't want it.
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Pulled the dropped down step bumper today, installed the OEM chrome bumper... what a bitch! Thread to follow.
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