Nope, Matt, that's the overdrive selector lever. Don't ever be afraid to
admit that you don't know--watch for Bob Allen's posts. You could fill
volumes on the stuff he doesn't know. Heck, he rarely even suspects.
Larry Dickstein
bugide@juno.com
On Mon, 12 May 1997 14:30:49 -0400 Matt Kulka <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
writes:
>Greetings. I wonder if any of you can shine a light on this question.
>
>I pulled off steering column cover of my '74 B this weekend (to get
>the horn working). In the process I happened to
>bump my wiper lever in a new direction, and was surprised to find that
>it has some sort of forward/backward switch
>positions just like the dimmer switch on the turn signal lever. Can
>anyone shed some light on this? It's not one of
>those important "My brake pedal kisses the floorboard" questions, but
>I'm embarrassed not to have figured this out, and
>I'm as curious as can be.
>
>My guess? It was cheaper to manufacture a single switch, so the turn
>signal and wiper switches are actually the same
>part with a few springs moved around. I hope someone will offer a
>better explanation than that.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
> -- Matt Kulka
>'74 B (that's all I'm admitting to)
>
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