Two Item And A Button In My Car - What Are They?

[lego]

Hey all!

Just wondering if anyone can tell me what this button is? It's just on the bottom left of the steering column... it only presses, it doesn't switch...

Also, I have this strange little unit in the right hand corner my dash... does anybody know what it is??

Cheers!!

Lego

[Hornet2572]

I may be wrong, but the unit on the dash looks like one of those digital reflector speedos that project a digital image of your speed onto the windscreen.

[Ben C34]

Surely you could manage some better photos than that, makes it pretty hard with those

[lego]

Thanks hornet!

My apologies. I'll get the slr out tomorrow...

Edited September 14, 2013 by lego

[Hornet2572]

https://www.eta.co.uk/2012/01/18/diy-heads-up-speedo-for-1-49/

Something like this, perhaps?

[mad082]

A pic of what the writing says on the second item would make life much easier. But I'll guess that it's a turbo timer or something like that.

[SargeRX8]

Second one looks like a turbo timer. First one looks like some sort of solar panel. Doesn't seem wired up either.

[SargeRX8]

Actually from what I can tell those buttons on the second pic look like power memory and scan. If you can tell us what it says chances are it says what it is or we can easier id the item.

[lego]

Ok, I have some better pictures.. Any ideas?

On the unit on top of the dash, the switch on the side has three settings - off - 1L or IL - SQ.

It definitely looks like a little solar panel and has what looks to be like four LED's on the front of it.

Cheers!

[Ben C34]

Mysterious. call me crazy, but what happens if you flick the switch?

[lego]

Nothing happens!

Well, nothing obvious happens when either switch is changed... it's so weird!

[mad082]

Well the top pic is of a turbo timer. It says it on it....

Edit: oh wait, you mean the button? That's the height adjuster for the aerial. Changes it from full height to half height.

[lego]

There is a button just to the right of the clock that makes the aerial go half or full height. The button in question is about 200mm below that...

[colourclassic]

Not sure about the dash solar thing, but why not undo the 3 screws that hold the lower dash on and follow the wires from that switch. I'd be interested to know what it does.

[mad082]

  On 23/09/2013 at 8:50 AM, colourclassic said:

Not sure about the dash solar thing, but why not undo the 3 screws that hold the lower dash on and follow the wires from that switch. I'd be interested to know what it does.

I'm guessing that if it's anything stock then the wires will very quickly disappear into the web of wires under the dash.

[XGTRX]

Mate of mine had a similar button. couldn't work it out for ages. When we took off his front bar we found an old radar detector/scrambler black box. Traced back the wiring and it went to a module that the switch was wired to.

[Plattsy]

the button that just presses is for the parking light on a stick that comes out of the passenger front side on the bumper. had one on my 33. its prob been taken off but the button remains.

[colourclassic]

  On 23/09/2013 at 11:00 PM, Plattsy said:

the button that just presses is for the parking light on a stick that comes out of the passenger front side on the bumper. had one on my 33. its prob been taken off but the button remains.

That sounds pretty unique, never heard of/seen one of those. Got pics of the actual unit?

[Plattsy]

erm...........

*5 mins on google.

nope sorry.

[colourclassic]

Hmmm "parking light on a stick" pretty technical term there, no go on google :[