I built one when troubleshooting mine last year. It tells you what the GC is instructing the transmission to do. This tells you if the GC is flaking, or the mechanicals inside the transmission are flaking. Then you can take whichever steps are appropriate to remedy the situation. I don't know about a semi-manual switch like that, but last year there were several parties working on a new auto trans governor computer... haven't heard anything new from them though. :-( --Greg #2894 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Videobob Moseley" <videobob@xxxx> wrote: > > David, I have seen your instructions on how to build this "light box" in the > past, > I don't understand what this is about. > You can easily tell what your transmission is doing since there is only 3 > gears. > I can tell what gear I am in, does the light box tell you something else > besides > what gear you are in? > I think I am having trouble understanding what it is for. > What I think you be useful is a manual override where you can push a button > and choose your gear and override the computer... now that would be useful! > - VB To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/