- 1. Mystery switch (at least to me) (score: 1)
- Author: Justin Cook <justincook@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 08:42:19 -0700 (PDT)
- On my 66 sprite I have a dash switch not connected to anything. It is a 2-way toggle switch just left of the fan control. Anyone mind telling me what it should control? Gracias... -JC
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00543.html (7,977 bytes)
- 2. Re: Mystery switch (at least to me) (score: 1)
- Author: "Curtis Carlson" <carlson@navtech.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 11:27:15 -0500
- Just LEFT of the fan? Now lets see... i don't have my car here so I'll have to think about this for a second....bottom row... Interior Dash Lights Key Ignition Wiper switch Fan control 0 ( ) 0 0 I th
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00547.html (9,544 bytes)
- 3. Re: Mystery switch (at least to me) (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 13:05:22 -0400
- On my '65: Top row: headlights | ignition | washer pump Middle row: - | - | cigar lighter Bottom row: wipers | fan | instrument lights -- Note that _just_ to the left of the fan control is the Sprite
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00552.html (10,918 bytes)
- 4. Re: Mystery switch (at least to me) (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 16:45:02 EDT
- << On my 66 sprite I have a dash switch not connected to anything. It is a 2-way toggle switch just left of the fan control. Anyone mind telling me what it should control? Gracias... >> JC--It contro
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00590.html (9,271 bytes)
- 5. Re: Mystery switch (at least to me) (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 17:14:08 -0400
- Afterburners! -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ 60 Bugeye Sprite (my car) 67 Sprite (wife's car) 59 Austin A40 Farina w/AC (daughters car) 71 MG Midget racer (working on it) http://www.exit109.com/~spr
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00595.html (9,854 bytes)
- 6. Re: Mystery switch (at least to me) (score: 1)
- Author: Brad Fornal <toyman@htcomp.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 16:48:42 -0500
- CIGAR LIGHTER! pardon me but is that a factory item? my 65 does not even have a orifice for the lighter. Speaking of mysteries, the 68 has a switch of questionable function on the column shroud, left
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00599.html (11,758 bytes)
- 7. Re: Mystery switch (at least to me) (score: 1)
- Author: Brad Fornal <toyman@htcomp.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 17:35:40 -0500
- To the left of my fan control on the 65 is the wiper switch. The Bentley shows a good picture of the dash and control funtions in the reprinted section of the owners manual. Brad
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00604.html (10,394 bytes)
- 8. Re: Mystery switch (at least to me) (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 20:55:54 -0400
- I've been in Franks car - his answer is correct!!! Larry Larry Macy 78 Midget Keep your top down and your chin up. Larry B. Macy, Ph.D. macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu System Manager/Administrator Neur
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00619.html (11,108 bytes)
- 9. Re: Mystery switch (at least to me) (score: 1)
- Author: Brad Fornal <toyman@htcomp.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 20:10:36 -0500
- OK then here are the real questions, how much is Keith selling the afterburners offlist for, and how difficult are they to install?!?!? Will I need to upgrade to 4 Wheel Disc or a parachute or both??
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00622.html (11,899 bytes)
- 10. Re: Mystery switch (at least to me) (score: 1)
- Author: Gerard Chateauvieux <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 18:09:55 -0700
- Dash lights... later cars have a dimmer knob on the right side of the -g G G Gerard Chateauvieux E A R R pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com A A R G Pixelsmith on Duty D E S http://www.gerardsgarage.com
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00623.html (13,065 bytes)
- 11. Re: Mystery switch (at least to me) (score: 1)
- Author: "David Riker" <davidr@sunset.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 19:39:30 -0700
- Instrument lights. Turns them off when the headlamps are on. Replaced on later cars with a dimmer on the dashboard David Riker have a it's
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00630.html (10,007 bytes)
- 12. Re: Mystery switch (at least to me) (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
- Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 06:12:09 -0400
- It's in the manual, listed as such, and mine has one. I have not tested it... Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD Senior Editor, Molecular Vision http://www.molvis.org/molvis "Seeing the Future in a Very Tiny
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00651.html (10,920 bytes)
- 13. Re: Mystery switch (at least to me) (score: 1)
- Author: Brad Fornal <toyman@htcomp.net>
- Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 06:30:44 -0500
- ALL HAIL THE LISTERS AND THIER INFINITE WISDOM!!! after 3 1/2 years of almost daily driving this car the mystery switch is no longer a mystery. Funny, I never thought to fiddle with that thing at nig
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00652.html (11,051 bytes)
- 14. Re: Mystery switch (at least to me) (score: 1)
- Author: Justin Cook <justincook@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 12:45:57 -0700 (PDT)
- I don't mean to beat this to death... but what good reason could there be for turning off your dash lights while your headlights are on?
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00731.html (10,344 bytes)
- 15. Re: Mystery switch (at least to me) (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 16:41:22 -0400
- Because it was designed by an Englishman. Just because. I have no idea. I always run with my headlights on, in fact on high beam, because when I don't the very nice SUV drivers of the Atlanta metro
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00732.html (10,312 bytes)
- 16. Re: Mystery switch (at least to me) (score: 1)
- Author: Christian Stanton <cstanton@pixley.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 16:28:16 -0400
- Saab has had this in their cars as a 'Safety' feature for a few years. Push a 'Night Panel' button and all of the lights go off except the Speedo. Try it on the next long night drive.... I don't mean
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00733.html (12,737 bytes)
- 17. Re: Mystery switch (at least to me) (score: 1)
- Author: "Curtis Carlson" <carlson@navtech.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 15:35:54 -0500
- Ya know.....???? I've wondered that myself....I think they just had an extra hole and wanted to fill it with some other Lucas part that could break down. Maybe they were going for "symmetry" in the d
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00735.html (11,666 bytes)
- 18. Re: Mystery switch (at least to me) (score: 1)
- Author: Paul A Asgeirsson <pasgeirsson@juno.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 17:21:06 EDT
- To keep your eyes from being blinded from the bright dash lights as you are roaring down some twisty country road in the fog and the rain. That's why! Paul PAsgeirsson@juno.com
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00738.html (11,173 bytes)
- 19. Re: Mystery switch (at least to me) (score: 1)
- Author: Justin Cook <justincook@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 15:25:57 -0700 (PDT)
- Now I see the source of confusion -- my dash lights are supposed to be bright. I think 30+ years of corrosion will keep my dash lights from blinding anyone under any conditions. I have more problems
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00743.html (11,580 bytes)
- 20. Re: Mystery switch (at least to me) (score: 1)
- Author: Brad Fornal <toyman@htcomp.net>
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 18:52:36 -0500
- Perhaps it's to keep THE LAW from seeing you light up a "left-handed" Brad
- /html/spridgets/1999-09/msg00748.html (11,043 bytes)
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