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khooo
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 Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:11 am Post subject: 68 Vert, mystery dash push button... |
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68 Vert. Any idea if this push button would be stock and if so, what for? I don't know if it is a momentary contact or "locking" contact. Thanks in advance.
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c21darrel
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:14 am Post subject: |
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| def not original. Maybe a push start. |
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khooo
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:29 am Post subject: |
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| c21darrel wrote: | | def not original. Maybe a push start. |
That has been my thought all along...which has me concerned. I pick the vehicle up in a few weeks for total restoration and hope I find out the source or reason for the push button installation. I would assume I could replace the "guts" in the ignition to the starter and alleviate the push button...at lease I hope so if this is truly what it was put in for. |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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It might be a cigarette lighter because I've seen
them with small knobs like that one.
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bdenny1010
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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I'm gonna guess horn button-I have a similar looking one mounted under the dash. I've read elsewhere that it is a pretty common band-aid from people who don't get the VW horn wiring.
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khooo
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| Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Ghiaddict wrote: | It might be a cigarette lighter because I've seen
them with small knobs like that one. |
Didn't think about that but would explain a momentary locking push button and perhaps the "knob" / emblem has come off. THANKS! |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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Self-destruct. Don't push it.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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| retrowagen wrote: | | Self-destruct. Don't push it. |
I was thinking it might be a KERs button like they have in F1. 
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| Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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| lazy person horn 'repair' button? |
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snookerdude
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| Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 8:55 pm Post subject: mystery button |
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| that is definitely the after burner switch. |
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John Moxon 
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khooo
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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| John Moxon wrote: | | Mark33563 wrote: | | lazy person horn 'repair' button? |
My guess too. |
In other words...a hole I will have to fill and a horn I will have to fix correctly. |
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John Moxon
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| khooo wrote: | | John Moxon wrote: | | Mark33563 wrote: | | lazy person horn 'repair' button? |
My guess too. |
In other words...a hole I will have to fill and a horn I will have to fix correctly. |
Yep...been there, done that. 
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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How about you get a good close photo of the back of the button from inside the front compartment. Try and fgure out where the wires go.
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khooo
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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Found another pic from a rebuild here on Samba of a 69 Ghia...looks like the mystery button could in fact be a cigarette lighter...
[img]http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=804173[/img] |
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khooo
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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THANK YOU...epic fail on posting the pic. |
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Ghiaddict
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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When a customer wants a lighter installed, that's the
spot I usually choose to place it.
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Davcriv
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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Im sorry ladies and Gents......
It is not a horn, not an ignition switch, nor is it a lighter......
It is to activate the flux capacitor....I see it all the time....I was even thinking of installing one myself.
Coincidentally, the pic you uploaded of the blue ghia is actually my car!!!
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