You can also take the cover over the light off instead of the whole
housing.  Look at this:
http://buncombe.main.nc.us/~emaglott/pp011/index.htm

Edward

At 12/9/02 07:03 AM, you wrote:
>Thanks Joel!  Looks like I have to replace the bulb - thanks for the
>detailed how-to info.!
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>Peace,
>Marla
>'87 Westy Van "Morrison"
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>>From: "Joel Walker" <jwalker17@earthlink.net>
>>Reply-To: "Joel Walker" <jwalker17@earthlink.net>
>>To: "Marla Stelk" <mjstelk@HOTMAIL.COM>
>>Subject: Re:      Fuse for light for gear identification?
>>Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 12:47:56 -0600
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>> > The light that shows whether I'm in park, drive,
>>nuetral, etc. has blown
>> > somehow.  Is there a fuse that is for just that or is
>>there are bulb or
>> > should I check the wiring?  Thanks in advance - it
>>makes it kind of
>> > difficult driving at night.
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>>check the other lights on the dash ..like the fan
>>switches and the heater levers. if they still light up,
>>it's the bulb inside the shifter housing. yes, there is
>>a bulb in there. kinda hard to get to. :(
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>>you have to remove the shifter housing, which means
>>removing the top T-shaped handle on the shift lever ...
>>it's held on by a very small hex-head screw: you need a
>>set of allen wrenches, from sears. about $20 for a
>>whole set (you'll never use all of them, but enough of
>>them come in handy on the vw's so it's worth getting).
>>there are four screws holding the housing to the floor
>>under the carpet and the carpet has to be pulled up a
>>bit to get the housing off ...i wound up cutting that
>>little thin piece of carpet that goes between the shift
>>housing and the dash panel ... i figure i wouldn't
>>notice a gap back there. :)
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>>good luck!
>>joel
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