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Old Mar 22, 2004 | 10:39 PM
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Car: 1989 Iroc-Z
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whats this wire do?

I am looking for shifter plates on ebay. I found one with this wire on the bottom; does anyone know what it does?

As you can see in the pic the wire coming out of the white plastic.
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Old Mar 23, 2004 | 12:37 AM
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Car: 2001 Trans Am WS.6, 1985 Trans Am-RIP :,(
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Looks like the shifter light.

**oops, I just realized the hole for the light is there on the opposite side. Not sure what it is.
Maybe it attaches to the shifter itself and its for the shift indicator.

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Old Mar 23, 2004 | 02:23 PM
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it has something to do with making what gear your in be highlighted
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Old Mar 23, 2004 | 08:14 PM
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actually its not a wire at all. its a small fiberoptic cable that lets the light from the shift indicator pass through it and lights up the ashtray area.
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Old Mar 23, 2004 | 08:33 PM
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meridius is right, i've had friends ask why my ashtray light is brighter than theirs, well i just cleaned that fiberoptic cable.
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Old Mar 24, 2004 | 03:02 PM
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ashtray light? ..... mine doesn't have that..... but then again i don't have an automatic.... so nothing lights up... huh.
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