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wibluegrass
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Location: Madison WI
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 Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2025 6:43 pm Post subject: Lights on the automatic transmission shifter box |
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| Recently had the bulbs replaced in the automatic transmission shifting housing and they are on all the time, is that normal? I thought they would only come on when you turned the lights on. |
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VicVan 
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Joined: July 01, 2015
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Location: Vancouver Island, BC
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| Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2025 7:10 pm Post subject: Re: Lights on the automatic transmission shifter box |
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Hi
Do the other dash lights function properly?
NO: Give us more information
YES: The bulbs were connected to the wring circuit, i.e. the wring wire. The wires for the dash lights (on when headlights are off) is blue with a brown stripe (or vice-versa). Check wiring.
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kamzcab86
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Location: Arizona
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| Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2025 7:47 pm Post subject: Re: Lights on the automatic transmission shifter box |
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| wibluegrass wrote: |
| Recently had the bulbs replaced in the automatic transmission shifting housing and they are on all the time, is that normal? |
Up through the 1989 model year, yes, it's normal (according to the wiring diagrams).
If you have an '86-'89, you can modify this by putting the console lights wire onto terminal G8 or G9 on the fuse panel.
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harvgwen
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Location: Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 12:24 pm Post subject: Re: Lights on the automatic transmission shifter box |
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Im pretty sure they are always on on my ‘86
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