I recently put a new bulb in my factory shift light and it is an automatic and it keeps going on and off. should i disconnect it or does it really work.

 

you have a shift light in an automatic?????

 

mine has a shift light

but it never... NEVER comes on

 

i think he probably means the light that illuminates the shift plate dude try checking the contacts and the condition of the wire, it could be all corroded. :lala:

 

hes probably refering to the dash light that says shift and has the up arrow.. yes automatics came with them.. not sure what year.. my 89 rs has one.. doesnt work tho.. no computer anymore and i took all the bulbs out.. if you find the light annoying just take the bulb back out.. the lights pretty much worthless for an automatic anyway....

 

They are pretty much worthless on a standard too!!!

 

Cool! It isn't supposed to have a lamp. The instrument clusters are the same on all cars, manual or automatic. The autos don't get a lamp, but are still wired to the ALDL and ECM like the manuals.

You now have a lamp on your dash that tells you when the torque converter clutch is locked up. Too bad it says "SHIFT" instead of "TCC".

 

lol i put a bulb in there

 

It's a "shift now for better fuel economy" lamp.
Took the annoying bulb out of mine long ago.
-Rich-

 

So the autos are wired just like the manuals, they just left out the bulb?

 

The instrument cluster is the same. The wiring is the same. On my '86, the SHIFT light socket still has the printed circuit traces, and the cluster is wired to the body harness the same as a manual trans car. Wiring to the socket is connected to the 'F' terminal at the ALDL and the corresponding ECM connection. This output is used for the SHIFT lamp on a manual car and for the TCC lockup relay on an automatic car. So installing a lamp in the socket should light the lamp any time the TCC is in lockup.

 

lol! my 5speed has a shift light? haha... guess it never worked anyone wanna sell me some autometer gauges cheap :lala: :lala: