there IS  a light there.  its burned out on yours.

In a message dated 7/14/2016 1:22:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
gordonmahung@GMAIL.COM writes:

1)   What options are out there to add night lighting to the gear box area,
either  from above or below?  At night it is easy to switch into 2nd gear
when  you want to be in "D" simply because it is dark and you overshot the
position:
https://s19.postimg.org/mkaasgi1f/gearbox_lighting.jpg