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Slim · 03-15-2007, 09:16 PM

Gracias Amigos . . . This weekend I'm going to take a crack at the bulb replacement and/or fixing the wire (per 69ho). Based on my experience accessing the shifter area on my '97 LSS, by removing the (black felt lined) storage compartment in the console, I suspect I can likewise access the shifter area on the Aurora. Special thanks to Paul ("Oldsfan") for the bulb Nos.; this way I can have the new bulbs handy. Based on the replies, the No. 73 bulb is either burnt out or the wire is broken/disconnected because it doesn't make sense that Olds would not have illuminated the shift position indicator. I wish Olds had followed the same scheme on the Aurora that they did on my '97 LSS: the shift indiator in the console is illuminated, and there is a ("heads up") LED indicator display (PRND321) in the instrument cluster just below the speedometer. The Aurora is a lot of fun to drive, but my favorite feature of the car is how effortlessly the 4T80E transaxle works. The reason I was looking for a transmission shop in N. Cal in my original post is because the 4T60E transaxle in the LSS has, for the third time now, failed. The first time the torque converter clutch disintegrated; the second time the clutch pack failed, and now the clutch pack is slipping (a/k/a shuddering) again. My conversations with transmission builders is that GM fixed the weak aspects of the 4T60E with the introduction of the 4T65E (not interchangable with the 60E), but that the 4T80E is the best of the bunch of the TurboHydro FWD transaxles. At this point, I'm giving the LSS to my brother, and he's going to have a shop in his neck of the woods (SoCal) take care of rebuilding the trans. SY-O-NARA LSS.

03-15-2007, 09:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
Slim Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2	Gracias Amigos . . . This weekend I'm going to take a crack at the bulb replacement and/or fixing the wire (per 69ho). Based on my experience accessing the shifter area on my '97 LSS, by removing the (black felt lined) storage compartment in the console, I suspect I can likewise access the shifter area on the Aurora. Special thanks to Paul ("Oldsfan") for the bulb Nos.; this way I can have the new bulbs handy. Based on the replies, the No. 73 bulb is either burnt out or the wire is broken/disconnected because it doesn't make sense that Olds would not have illuminated the shift position indicator. I wish Olds had followed the same scheme on the Aurora that they did on my '97 LSS: the shift indiator in the console is illuminated, and there is a ("heads up") LED indicator display (PRND321) in the instrument cluster just below the speedometer. The Aurora is a lot of fun to drive, but my favorite feature of the car is how effortlessly the 4T80E transaxle works. The reason I was looking for a transmission shop in N. Cal in my original post is because the 4T60E transaxle in the LSS has, for the third time now, failed. The first time the torque converter clutch disintegrated; the second time the clutch pack failed, and now the clutch pack is slipping (a/k/a shuddering) again. My conversations with transmission builders is that GM fixed the weak aspects of the 4T60E with the introduction of the 4T65E (not interchangable with the 60E), but that the 4T80E is the best of the bunch of the TurboHydro FWD transaxles. At this point, I'm giving the LSS to my brother, and he's going to have a shop in his neck of the woods (SoCal) take care of rebuilding the trans. SY-O-NARA LSS.