I found a Kill Switch?
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I found a Kill Switch?
I was tinkering with my truck and I noticed this little box with a couple wires going to on the top inside of the grille
I got to looking and its a toggle switch tucked up inside of my grille out of sight, I couldn't tell where it went and was playing with it flipping it back and fourth then I went to start the truck, it wont fire? a little Biddy flies by a smacks me in the back of the head, duh that was a kill switch, I flip it back and she fires right up! so I just found it amusing and wanted to share with my fellow " Fordahollics"
its fun figuring out new stuff on this old truck
I got to looking and its a toggle switch tucked up inside of my grille out of sight, I couldn't tell where it went and was playing with it flipping it back and fourth then I went to start the truck, it wont fire? a little Biddy flies by a smacks me in the back of the head, duh that was a kill switch, I flip it back and she fires right up! so I just found it amusing and wanted to share with my fellow " Fordahollics"
its fun figuring out new stuff on this old truck
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it is definitly after market, it runs to the electronics box on the drivers side fenderwell, you could also put a toggle switch in the hot wire going to your coil
on it starts, off it dont
I just thought it was cool someone did this and I did not know it was there, and I have been under the hood a lot lately, I am finding a lot of things, its kinda like a treasure hunt everyday I find something new
on it starts, off it dont
I just thought it was cool someone did this and I did not know it was there, and I have been under the hood a lot lately, I am finding a lot of things, its kinda like a treasure hunt everyday I find something new
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well I can shut it off from right there while I'm under the hood if I need too.
I have been thinking about putting a start button in the truck
now that is just one more thing I dont have to do so people cant steal it. Sweet!!!!
I have been thinking about putting a start button in the truck
now that is just one more thing I dont have to do so people cant steal it. Sweet!!!!
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actually the weather is supposed to be crappie with a increased chance of crappieness
followed by more gloom and glum
but all is good, I get a little bit done when I can
followed by more gloom and glum
but all is good, I get a little bit done when I can
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Yo salter...I found one of those switches in my truck too...I removed it though. I found something else I can't figure out where it goes though. I have a sliding switch right about where my seatbelt is mounted. All it says is On/OFF. When I switch it to ON it blows all my fuses...so I just leave it off. I wonder what it is/what it does/what it was used for. Enjoy your treasure hunt...you have a WHOLE weekend coming up and it's gotta be warming up for you.
I KNOW WHAT THAT IS!!!!
it is/was for the cargo area light that some trucks have. there were 2 different types of switches a toggle and a slide switch. i've only seen that option once. it should have been tied into the interior lights, but i guess ford was lazy?
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My 197? F-??0 that I've gotten had house electrical wire running to a second battery. Not the smartest thing I've seen by far.
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I put the same kind of kill switch in one of my trucks. Cut into the coil wire and put a small little switch up under the dash, so small I hit it with a rag and shut it off. By the time I figured what I had done I had the complete ignition system out of the truck and wasted 2 hours trying to fix the truck, only to find my own anti-theft switch was the trouble. The truck is currently for sale at a dealer an hour from me and the guy is trying to pass the truck off as an Original 79 , 429, with only 43,000 kms on it. BULL****, 343,000 when I sold it, never came woth a 429 and he tells eveyone it came from out west. It was bought new in Sydney Nova Scotia and hualed coal till I bought it in 1986. I have a good mind to go look at it and trip the little switch, it would take them days to find out what was wrong. I hate when dealers try and rip people off that may not know the difference.
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Do it! that would be friggin hilarious
or trip it and buy it back at a discount because it dont run.
then when the paper work is done, flip the switch and drive it off the lot
or trip it and buy it back at a discount because it dont run.
then when the paper work is done, flip the switch and drive it off the lot