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Old Mar 11, 2015 | 04:21 PM
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what is it?

I've got a little twist ****, about the size of the end of my pinky, on the right side of my steering wheel under my info, set up, reset buttons on my 06 F250 lariat and I don't know what it does, can anyone help me out, it doesn't seem to do anything noticeable....... Thanx!
 
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Old Mar 11, 2015 | 05:30 PM
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There's a panel (at least on my '04) under the steering column. There's 4 or 6 ***** you turn 90 degrees to release the panel, so it will lower. The fuse panel is under that cover.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2015 | 05:44 PM
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Is that the trip odometer select/reset switch?
 
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Old Mar 11, 2015 | 06:38 PM
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Nope and nope, the fuse panel access screws start a few inches below this ****, and the trip reset is the reset button right above the **** I'm asking about lol....... The **** I speak of makes almost a full turn and has a dot on it as a pointer......
 
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Old Mar 11, 2015 | 06:45 PM
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Is that the emergency 4 wheel jettison switch?

 
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Old Mar 11, 2015 | 07:17 PM
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Lol, I don't think so, and I just noticed its editing out the word k,n,o,b, WTH! lol
 
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Old Mar 11, 2015 | 07:26 PM
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****? You can't say **** or ****, or even ************, but I think **** is OK.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2015 | 08:04 PM
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lol, Must be my phone or something else then because it came up all ******* but now it's showing up....
 
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Old Mar 11, 2015 | 08:51 PM
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Does it look factory? Some cheaper tune chips just use a **** to adjust between settings. Usually 6 adjustments. Does it feel like there are detents when turning? A picture would help.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2015 | 08:53 PM
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Try setting the parking brake and see if it idles up
 
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Old Mar 11, 2015 | 11:54 PM
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pics or the **** doesn't exist lol
 
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Old Mar 12, 2015 | 07:45 AM
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Old Mar 12, 2015 | 08:31 AM
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Not sure what the **** is, but the RPMs don't match your speed. Broken speedo?
 
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Old Mar 12, 2015 | 09:21 AM
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Tuner of some sort
 
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Old Mar 12, 2015 | 09:49 AM
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I've got the cold speedo problem, it's fine once the temps start going up lol. As for the tuner thing, the PO did have a bully dog gt installed, that's still hooked up but no program on it, and he also gave me an SCT reflasher or something for it, I haven't really played with either of them yet...... So it could be something to do with them maybe, but what.......
 
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