fordparts uk has it for sale on there website if memory serves & is basically wired like a normal LED would be wired ( to a 12V live of yoru choice & a negative ) if memory serves - all wiring hidden under the gaiter.

 

http://www.fordpartsuk.com/shop/mondeo_illuminated_gear_lever_knob_987.htm

Lit Red or Green. No mention of 6 speed or other colours, though no doubt a determined soul could rectify that!

 

there may be a 6 speed version out there but bot on the ford parts website yet & at that price is its really worth it :whistling:

 

And really handy if you're not sure where the gear lever is...... :doh:

 

But...a nice little project for you, Martin.
A sideline -standard knobs modded and backlit in Ford blue, to match the rest of your interior.

 

Damn, im liking that a lot...............

Anyone know if it will fir my preface zetec-s with lift up reverse?

 

Bound to- and if not, lose the lift-up detent.

 

im sure having an Illuminated knob has its advantages... Bit like the Angler Fish perhaps?

 

It is for sure available red/blue and 6 speed. At least it said so in the brochure. It had a part number too, don`t have that though cause the brochure is on Fords...

 

Allen ford show them, but I phoned them and they wouldn't give me the finis number for me to enquire locally about one!

http://www.ford-shop.com/acatalog/MK3_Ford_Mondeo_Protection_Safety.html

 

Only states Green and Red..

 

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i am sooooo getting one. Im sure there's a way to solder in a blue led without damaging it too much

 

where would you wire that into?

 

one would assume any dash lighting feed so that it lit up only when required ( on the mk3 there is a suitable feed to the ciggy lighter that runs by the gearstick area )

i think the hardest bit would be deciding which colour you wanted as that would dictate which wires you connected up ( i would assume there is one negative & 2 positives & you just connect up the + thats required for the desired colour )

 

Allen ford told me that the ford instructions tell you to splice into the wiring on the back of the stereo. When I asked them how does the wiring get into the gaiter on a facelift car fitted with a lift collar they couldn't give me a plausable answer as they didn't know. There is no clearance between the collar and the the lever, and the collar is too thin to easily cut a slot for the wires!

 

possibly the gearstick will need dismantling & maybe the inner bit of the lift up section will need a notch making in it to allow the wire through or something similar ( loads of messing if you ask me - unless there is a cunningly placed wire that pops out near the bottom of the gearknob & goes over the lift up section before vanishing into the gaitor again :whistling: )

the wire they point out behind the radio is probably the dash illumination feed & will be used as its generic throughout the range ( not every mota will have the illumination feed for the ciggy lighter/ashtray where the mondy has it so close to the gearstick hense using a generic location to save on printing many manuals )

 

Quite liked the idea when I saw em ages ago on ebay but hate the look of that gearknob :S looks a little 'halfords'.

 

Just noticed your avatar Martin. You had a facelift.....? :whistling: :innocent:

 

how could you tell :}

it needed doing as my ears were too big so i could not wear the glasses properly

 

Damn, im liking that a lot...............

Anyone know if it will fir my preface zetec-s with lift up reverse?

Ben

I have the same gear-knob but without the LED stuff in it - http://www.fordmondeo.org/threadattach/1204057231-my_new_knob.jpg

you can only fit it to a non-lift reverse - so the only way for you is a short-shift kit and remove the lift-reverse nonsense - although someone will tell us that you can remove it anyways

 

there is shorter lift up reverse versions of that kinda style gearknob out there so they may have moddd that type with LEDs too :L

http://www.fordpartsuk.com/shop/focus_2008_aluminium_finish__6_speed_gear_lever_knob_930.htm

 

see - I told ya :}

well, sort of