What is It

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katsi

Re: What is It

Post by katsi »

amsiegel wrote:Ejector seat button is in the secret compartment of gearshift knob. Dash buttons are for oil sprayers or smoke screen.
You know, I have to admit that that is a really good observation :shock: . I don't know what I was thinking. :oops:
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Re: What is It

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Here is the box behid the mysterious button

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mbouse wrote:love that commercial bernie.

take a picture of the box and post it... you have us all curious
amsiegel

Re: What is It

Post by amsiegel »

Katsi

You must repent. During the next Bond Marathon you must watch at least 3 of the early bond moves.

Now back on subject. Is there anything on your car that does not come on. lights, fan, etc. Does the button go click or does it just push in and pop back out. I am gusssing a switch for the radiator fan or ignition and they must have fixed the problem and disconnected it since secon wire is not on.
Gunsmith

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I think it is a kill switch for my car? Every time he pushed it my car died? Now it's in the shop. Can you leave it alone for a little bit so I can get it finished?

If the button does not go to a smoke screen or what all dash buttons should (Machine guns) then it probably rotates your license plate so you can get through road side check stations.

Did you check and see if you have neon lights under your car?

Is there a blue bottle in your trunk that looks like a small scuba tank?

Air horns?

Are there aftermarket hydraulics attached to your top?

Optional wine and cheese cooler?

Scenic overlook date night kill switch. "Sorry honey the car just died, I guess we're stuck here for a while? :twisted: "

Does it deploy your submersible submarine gear?
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maytag wrote:
bwilson27 wrote:You pushed it?!!
We're doomed.
not as long as he keeps pushing it every 108 minutes!
Now that's hilarious!
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Re: What is It

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I thought Ron would have chimmed in by now but Gunsmith I like how you think! LOL :lol:

But Katsi back on the subject. It pushes in (no click or doesn't stay in) like maybe a kill switch but surprisingly the car continues to run. There are too many things that don' work that it could be but the cooling fan does work.
Horn doesn't but I think that is a bad relay(not fixed yet) I'll stick a meter on it this weekend and see if it has juice but it really doesn't seem to work anything. I may need to track down the PO to see if he knows.

amsiegel wrote:Katsi

You must repent. During the next Bond Marathon you must watch at least 3 of the early bond moves.

Now back on subject. Is there anything on your car that does not come on. lights, fan, etc. Does the button go click or does it just push in and pop back out. I am gusssing a switch for the radiator fan or ignition and they must have fixed the problem and disconnected it since secon wire is not on.
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Re: What is It

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Looks like the activation switch for a reverse threaded, left-handed, oscillating canuter valve to me. What do we win if we get it right?
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Re: What is It

Post by launieg »

My guess is a trunk release. Did you look in the trunk for a solenoid? Or maybe it wakes you up when you fall asleep when driving and hit your head on the dash (in case hitting your head on the dash doesn't do the job).
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Gunsmith

Re: What is It

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That's it! A trunk release. Have you checked your trunk for a trunk monkey yet?

http://www.trunkmonkey.com/2005/01/18/t ... uto-group/
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Re: What is It

Post by amsiegel »

So Cal Mark wrote:looks like a PO added a push button for the starter when the ignition switch failed
I think it was probably once a push button for starter as Mark first suggested.

Or

It rings for the maid/butler.
It once went AAAOOGGGAAAA when pressed
I changes traffic lights from Red to Green (you know you want one of them)
Intercom button to talk to people all the way in the back of car
It turns on the Flux Capacitor
It opens a porthole to another universe but you just can see it becasue you dont have the special glassesImage
MNspiderman

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If its a kill switch it must be hooked
pope

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its a seek/scan button for the radio
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One of yuz should make t-shirts for us with this thread ...
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Re: What is It

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Look at all the fun I miss, working away from home a week at a time.
You want a glimpse of where my brand of humor came from? My Dad put a push botton on a 53 Chevy he had and when he was getting ready to pass gas, he'd say: "Push the button."
I don't know who slole his idea and changed it to "pull my finger."
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Re: What is It

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mbouse wrote: btw- i do sell a version of the SHORTER SHIFTER with a hollow core just for the ejector button wiring. Can't have a sloppy installation of the ejector button.
Now you tell me that - after I brought the standard version !!!! I was going to install the NOS button in the gear knob ! :D :D :D :D
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