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Old Oct 21, 2015 | 09:25 PM
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Switch under sterring wheel

I just bought a 1986 F150 300 inline 6 and noticed a black box with a big white switch that moves left/right it has a metal tube that comes out the back of it and goes into the engine compartment but isn't hooked up to anything, anyone know what this is?
 
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Old Oct 22, 2015 | 12:02 AM
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It's a DUI breathalyzer.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2015 | 07:44 AM
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It could be a old timey trailer brake controller. The old ones actually hooked into the brake line at the master cylinder. The lever is a manual control where you can reach down and manually apply the trailer brakes only.
 
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it was a brake controller, I found the manufacturer on the box which was the only marking on it and found out what it was that way! thank you guys
 
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