Mystery button
More Turbo
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From: Houston
So I asked Google, about Bus button's.
BusTalk :: View topic - GM Fishbowl bus turn signal switches
BusTalk :: View topic - GM Fishbowl bus turn signal switches
Tuned
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Boy we could use those in todays schools. Might just get a few off the welfare and the couch!!
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I can't see what few yeas would have made beck then?
Yes it would help.
Get a HS degree and start in a trade in 4 years.
For me it was 2 years of school and 2 of trade. I would not have made it 4 yesrsof school as i already had a trade I was getting a 2nd one.
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i ain't rite
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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
That is your high beam switch. Turn on your headlights and try it. With the lights on, they will switch between high and low beams.
Feeling my age here. Pretty much all domestic vehicles had the foot-operated dimmer switch on the floor until the early 80s or so. I never liked it when manufacturers moved the switch up on the steering column. I kept getting my foot caught in the steering wheel.
Feeling my age here. Pretty much all domestic vehicles had the foot-operated dimmer switch on the floor until the early 80s or so. I never liked it when manufacturers moved the switch up on the steering column. I kept getting my foot caught in the steering wheel.
ford trucks used the dimmer switch on the floor until 1992 year model, not the early 80's.
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Cut the boomer a break. He didn't say the button left the floor on ford trucks and he said in the early 80's or so.
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That doesn't mean you can't bring it some day in the future... if you need it...
LOLYou are a good Dad.
I will say, my 36y/o son never asked that question. He did drive the truck for a short time back in his late teens. His GF's parents used to call him Jethro when he was driving it. Back when it looked like this.
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Lets see if any "old timers remember this
I had a 1967 mercury cougar with a windshield wiper LEVER under the E brake
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I'm sorry, but I guess now it's us old guys time to laugh and say, "young kids"... and they make fun of us "old people". LOL
You may want to spray that dimmer switch with a little penetrating fluid to keep it working well.
Thinking about it, I should lube mine, it's not like I use it, ever...
You may want to spray that dimmer switch with a little penetrating fluid to keep it working well.
Thinking about it, I should lube mine, it's not like I use it, ever...
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I was thinking the same thing not that I ever had a car / truck that started that way then again I am only 63
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All seriousness aside, even though my 1948 ****** CJ-2A has an electric starter (6v), it still has provisions for hand cranking. It has a special nut on the front of the crankshaft that accepts a removable lever. The front bumper has a hole for the lever. The radiator sits up high enough to clear the lever. The lever was stowed in a compartment under the passenger seat.
Most original levers have disappeared over the years. Reproductions are available, but originals command top dollar.
Here's a slightly older military version:
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