Automatic orange shift indicator
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From: Central PA. - - My AR15 identifies as a muzzleloader
I believe in the Beer Fairy
I just dumped the piece to the low gear position and forget about it. I never look at the thing anyway.
Just one more reason not to buy the automatic car! :p
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Joined: Sep 2012
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From: Palm Harbor, Florida
Fixed mine today too.
I cut with some tin snips some thin metal from an mnm's can. I cut a strip and drilled a hole, just large enough for the "post" from the orginal broken piece to fit through. I grinded down the broken part some. I wish I had so two part quick drying apoxy to secure the plastic piece to the metal. I used some gorilla glue and had to find things to do all day while I waited for the glue to dry.
Had to bend the metal to match the original plastic piece. I painted the tip red, instead of orange. I just like that color better.
I took a couple pics, but they are too small. Key is securing the plastic post piece(the one that goes horizontally into the shifter). I could probably have used a beer can also.
I cut with some tin snips some thin metal from an mnm's can. I cut a strip and drilled a hole, just large enough for the "post" from the orginal broken piece to fit through. I grinded down the broken part some. I wish I had so two part quick drying apoxy to secure the plastic piece to the metal. I used some gorilla glue and had to find things to do all day while I waited for the glue to dry.
Had to bend the metal to match the original plastic piece. I painted the tip red, instead of orange. I just like that color better.
I took a couple pics, but they are too small. Key is securing the plastic post piece(the one that goes horizontally into the shifter). I could probably have used a beer can also.
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Old thread, but good information. This is a problem that happens all too often on the C5 so good to know how it can be repaired.
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From: West Branch, MI
Mine was broken a while back and I ran across a thread where a member was making replacements with a 3D printer out of orange plastic. He sent me one for free and I'm still using it to this day. Also, if I remember correctly, a member was making HUD dimmer (?) switch replacements using a 3D printer. I don't have HUD so not exactly sure what it was called. It's on the dash just left of the main instrument cluster.
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2012
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From: Palm Harbor, Florida
That's news to me. Glad someone is carrying them. Pretty sorry design to have the bulb so hot that it kills the plastic. I would prefer a plastic one, for nighttime driving since my metal piece doesn't allow light through. But what I have now is way better than how it was before. Pretty painless with the videos and links I had before doing the job.
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