> grain or rice.  But, how do you remove the old bulbs
> from their holders without crushing them?  And if you
> do manage to get out the old bulbs, how do you insert
> the new bulbs so that the bulb wires contact the

when i worked for a national computer company, we had similar bulbs in
our equipment ... the common way to remove them was to get a plastic
soda straw that was the same diameter as the bulbs and push it down
into the holder, over the bulbs. a little twisting and pulling and the
bulb came right out.

putting the new one in wasn't a problem  .... it just pushed in.

i've used this on the dash lights in my vanagon ... the ones behind
the heater levers. so i'm assuming it should work on the transmission
selector lights.

good luck!
joel