Indeed! If you have to remove the carpet or gearbox tunnel cover, you naturally have to remove the shift knob. It is very hard to avoid damaging the wires to the shifter knob switch in the process.
You may need to rebuild the mini-wiring harness that goes up the shifter to the knob. Naturally, you will have to re-use the switch connectors since they are NLA. There is very little room in the knob underneath the switch for heat-shrink tubing, etc. to fit. Remember: You want your OD wiring harness to be very well-made and in perfect condition, because reaching it to fix it is such a pain. Using cheapo crimp-on connectors and a cheapo crimp tool is asking for trouble sooner or later. Putting the switch in the knob was obviously a marketing-driven decision. I am sure the engineers responsible for the OD wiring cringed when they were told to do it... Doug Braun '72 Spit At 07:44 AM 4/15/02 , Richard Gosling wrote: >The switch in the gearknob and the wire leading to it up the gearlever are >prime suspects. Check those first then trace the rest of the wiring, using >a multi-meter or test light to check whether you have a live wire where you >should. /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
