On top of the switch there is a button, press down. Pull knob off.
Turn the headlight knob all the way to the left interior lights should light up reach up under the dash to the headlamp switch on top of the headlamp switch is a release button push the little button down and pull out the knob at the same time.
Loosen the Jam nut on the bottom of the know CW and then turn the knob CCW..
You need to pull out the light switch like you were turning on the headlights. Then depress the spring loaded rivet on the metal side of the switche to unlock the knob shaft and at the same time pull on the knob. Once the knob and shaft are removed from the switch, there is a spanner nut that screws through the dash and into the switch. It is a normally threaded nut, but made of aluminum so it kind of galls up a little when you remove it. Once the spanner nut is removed, you can remove the switch from the dash and remove the wires.
unscrew it counter clockwise. (to your left)
It's easy. To remove the shift knob, grasp it firmly and twist it counter-clockwise, like you would the top on a bottle. That's it. Nothing fancy.
Pull straight out, they are friction knobs with flat sides, just like the poles the slide onto.
forget to tell, the car as an automatic transmission
turn counter - clockwise, if it does not apear to be "threaded" just pull it off.
There is a small button on the back of the switch you need to hold down while pulling out the shaft and the attached knob. Then, you can remove the slotted nut freeing the switch.
you have to take the center console loose and raise it over the top of the shift knob. there you will finrd that the shift bag is attached to the shift knob by a zip tie. break the zip tie and unscrew the shift knob. that's it.
answer is at this link not a compass but is done the same way http://www.lostkjs.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=33262
the shifter is all in one. you have to replace the whole shifter. the nob is attached