reverse lights and a gear lock : (

[Alluvium]

ok so my reverse lgihts are bust and out... i know that it can either be a switch which is broken, or it could be a wire going to it which has been the dammaged...

i took of the shifter boot, (i drive a 2 door) so the wires for the windows where there, and all messy after cleaning it up i noticed a pair, a green and i think white wire...

heading off down to the bottom of the shifter... they are fine and not cut at all... they disappear into a rubber join looks kinda like a mini plundger..

i have a gear lock that has a big arse steel plate welded on down there and ti comes thru my boot... and i couldnt get the rubber seal of from around the base of the stick shift... how do i get to the switch, and what else could be wrong? down there.. i tried looking around but couldnt get past the rubber thing, should i climb under my car and have a look see, or just force my way past the rubber?

[fretburnr]

what is a gear lock?


the switch is actually a small threaded thing that is screwed into the transmission. you can see it from underneath, and its near the top, on the side.

FWIW i had to replace both the switch and the wiring in order to make mine work again.

[Alluvium]

lol thanks..

um im from south africa, and here to stop people stealing cars, we use gearlocks, or at least on older cars...

is some thing like a bycicly lock, that goes around the gear shift, or you get one that goes and clamps on the steering wheel..

ill post a picture up

[fretburnr]

ah i get the steering lock, we have those. never seen a gear lock though :p