Alright, so i successfully soldered wiring to the battery terminals on my shift knob that has LEDs... and then i drilled through the knob so that all the wires come out the bottom of it. Now this is where the problem starts. there's a piece that pinches the stick and there are gaps in between the screws tat cinch the stick where i need to stick the wires so that it doesn't look retarted. I did this, but then of course when i threaded the knob on it wound the wires all up and pulled them apart. so far, the best idea i've come up with to remedy this problem is to twist the wires together the other way a few twists and then try again. any ideas?

 

That's the worst post ever. What is your question? Start your next post by stating your problem, then go into detail. I have no idea what you're asking and I've read through twice.

If you're trying to stick LEDs on your shifter knob and then screwing it on, you're retarded.

Get a different shift knob.

 

it IS an LED shift knob.
argh, yea ill add pics.

 

I'm guessing that it is normally battery powered huh?

 

Dang, give him a break!!!


Pics would be good. smile.gif

 

Ok.. I have a lighted LED shift knob setup which worked until I removed it. I am in the process of redoing it now, but it's not a priority.

When I got my advanced auto zone LED shifter knob, I was pissed because the thing kept running out of batteries after a few hours of use. I gutted the origonal electronics. There's a white hole which leads to the shifter stick. Remove the cover from that hole. Cut a notch in the black plastic shifter retainer which goes on the shifter stick for the wire. Cut a hole in the boot ring for the wire. Stick some LEDs on the end of two wires. Run the 2 wires through the hole in the shifter, along the side of the notch in the black plastic shifter retainer and through the hole in the boot ring , power from the green/white wire at the cigarette lighter and the ground from one of the shifter base boots. Ziptie the wire to the shifter as low as possible to get a good angle so that the wire cannot get wrapped up in the linkage, then to a wire loom at the base of the shifter somewhere near the front of the shifter.

It worked for me.


In the future, please try to be more clear with your posts.

 

I think i figured out my ambiguous problem after a good night's sleep.

maybe ill make an equally ambiguous diy for the install :-p

last attempt to explain: its a battery powered led shift knob, which was battery powered, running wires from the battery terminals in the shift knob to the cig lighter terminals to power it. the wires keep getting twisted up, inside of the part that cinches the stock shifting stick and allows the new shift knob to fit, which pinches the stick at three points with small screws like a mercedes benz symbol. i push the wires through one of the gaps in that thing, and they got twisted up, its 6 am, i have work in 5 mins, pics this afternoon, try and decipher that.

MY SOLUTION: twist the wires together through that part so they're small enough as a whole to spin freely with the shift knob as i tighten it. I'll see how it works.

now to drive to work without a shift knob 02.gif

 

It sounds like the same shift knob. I don't know what the problem would be. They don't screw on. Also, the 2 batteries equal 6V, not 12V. If you hook up a 6V circuit to 12V, it will blow.

 

knobs only one battery.... the voltages match up. i think our knobs are a little different.
I'll get pics tomorrow!

 

i left my camera at my other house, so no pics, sorry guys. But i fixed the problem.

just twisted the wires a few turn in the opposite direction so they in twisted as i put them together. :-p ill get pics of the insalled item when im done.



NEW QUESTION!!!!

so the battery the lighted shift knob runs (ran) off of was a 3V battery.

SO with the cigarette lighter running at 12v and 15 amps, would i just take the difference in voltage (9v) and divide it by amps (15) to get my resistance? (.6 ohm?)

any help would be awesome.

guys at radio shack had no idea, i cant believe that's their job...