that plastic sheet is the lite and its simple if it does not lite up it;s bad
and the only way to get it is with the rest of the shifter

Billy Ray wrote:

> Bill,
>
> In my '02 WJ 4 liter automatic I have no illumination on my transmission or
> transfer case shifters at night. I took the console apart a week or so ago
> and where I expected to find a couple burnt out bulbs there were no bulbs.
>
> There is, however, a thin plastic sheet with 2 electric terminals that go to
> a small "black box" that then plugs into a part of the wiring harness at the
> aft end of the shifter mechanism..
>
> Is that plastic sheet the lighting unit? Is there a proper test procedure?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> -billy