How is the shift indicator needle held on?
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Racer
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From: Birmingham AL
How is the shift indicator needle held on?
I'm putting my console back together today and when I slip the shift indicator needle over the tab on the shifter and try to then move the shifter, the needle keeps falling off. What's supposed to hold the needle/pointer in the lens and stay attached to the shifter? Is it a slip fit into both or is there something to hold the needle on the shifter itself?
Melting Slicks
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From: Knoxville Tennessee
If I remember correctly when I removed mine, the needle was held in place by the lens on one side and the shofter on the other. i will have to get those parts out to see if there is anything else but I don't believe so.
Bernie
Bernie
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
yeah i think thats right the "shifter arm" has a forked tab that slipped over something and then it was held in place by the lenses ...
Burning Brakes
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From: Hudson Falls, N.Y. 76 Vette Modified L-48
Originally Posted by JPhil
Mine's missing completely. Just today I was in there (unplugging the @#$%^&* seat belt light) and it's just gone. No biggy, I'm used to it, but curious.....
John
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From: Springfield MO
St. Jude Donor '07
My 77's was off the pin and slid under the edge of the bezel - you couldn't see it to save your life. I didn't find it until after I ordered a repop that didn't fit right.
Burning Brakes
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From: Loveland Colo
Ha ha! Thanks, Bat. Some day when I get in there again I'll look for it. Meanwhile, it's not important enough to warrant the hassle. Gear indicator? I don't need no stinking gear indicator! Real men know what gear they're in! 
Good luck Steve....
John
Good luck Steve....
John
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Racer
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From: Birmingham AL
I finally figured it out and thought I would post the "trick". There is a groove in the indicator needle that slips onto a ridge in the clear part of the shifter lens. There is a plate and then the light body that then fit over the lens on the console which holds the shift indicator on the lens groove/ridge. The when you drop down the console to re-mount it, there is a small amount of play to then slip the indicator needle over the pin on the shifter. Everything stays in place and life is good.
I was tripped up the first time because I didn't put the indicator needle into the ridge/groove which holds it in place. Maybe I'm a little slow but it was pretty easy to miss. Probably explains why so many others have found their needle laying under the console. Bubba probably took it apart and missed putting the needle back in the ridge/groove. The needle won't stay in place more than 5 seconds that way.
I was tripped up the first time because I didn't put the indicator needle into the ridge/groove which holds it in place. Maybe I'm a little slow but it was pretty easy to miss. Probably explains why so many others have found their needle laying under the console. Bubba probably took it apart and missed putting the needle back in the ridge/groove. The needle won't stay in place more than 5 seconds that way.
