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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!!

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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!

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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.

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.

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.

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?

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