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grumpygy
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 Posted - 04/30/2012 : 1:06:23 PM
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gesshots
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USA
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 1:08:01 PM
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High beam switch.
Looks too new to be the starter switch.  |
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utbrowningman
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USA
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 1:08:03 PM
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| High beam switch. I prefer the floor location. |
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1fisher
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USA
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 1:20:48 PM
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I'm pretty sure that it is the button for the ejection seat - don't ever touch it!! |
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Don McManus
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USA
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 1:21:51 PM
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Originally posted by gesshots
High beam switch.
Looks too new to be the starter switch.
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Navybat
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USA
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 1:30:23 PM
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| I haven't seen a high beam switch like that since my Dad's old Ford Fairmont! Cool! |
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Old-Colts
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USA
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 1:33:46 PM
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It’s a Forum dimmer switch, usually mounted on the floor below the computer; some of our members have it installed and engage it before posting!  |
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River Rat
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USA
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 1:57:54 PM
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We should have a contest -- everyone try to guess the year, make, and model of the vehicle.
I say it's a '69 Ford F-150.
I agree, that was a good location for a dimmer switch. Anyoone ever have one come apart on you, while driving down the road? |
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Edited by - River Rat on 04/30/2012 1:59:14 PM |
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grumpygy
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USA
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 2:00:47 PM
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| Well for me I was glad they went to the switch on the Column. Had a hell of a time with my short legs Hitting the dimmer switch on the floor. |
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Tflogger
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 2:01:37 PM
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Originally posted by River Rat
We should have a contest -- everyone try to guess the year, make, and model of the vehicle.
I say it's a '69 Ford F-150.
I agree, that was a good location for a dimmer switch. Anyoone ever have one come apart on you, while driving down the road?
I've had them freeze up in work trucks, still like them better than on the column. |
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instrumentofwar
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 2:01:44 PM
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| I had an old Ramcharger that had this. My brother and sister in laws, both young at the time, were convinced I was magic since everyone knows the high beam is located on the column |
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BT99
Member
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 2:31:10 PM
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| Back about 1978 when dodge started putting the dimmer switch on the steering column, we had new dodges/plymouths that had a button just like that, only that one activated the siren. |
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tacking1
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USA
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 2:34:07 PM
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its a dimmer switch.
How many of you have had your foot slip off the clutch and "high beam" an oncoming car?
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tapwater
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 2:37:12 PM
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.. Rat, I'll take a WAG and say it's a Chrysler product. Let's say a '70 Dodge PU. What did I win?... |
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tacking1
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USA
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 2:53:52 PM
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.. Rat, I'll take a WAG and say it's a Chrysler product. Let's say a '70 Dodge PU. What did I win?...
a 70's pickup wouldnt have carpet, would it?
I am guessing a Dodge Polaris |
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Alan Rushing
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 2:57:18 PM
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It's sure been awhile for me. Probably about 50 years back! |
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gesshots
Advanced Member
USA
10681 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2012 : 3:05:14 PM
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Originally posted by Alan Rushing
It's sure been awhile for me. Probably about 50 years back!
I believe US automakers started moving the high beam switch to the turn signal lever in the mid 70's....as I recall. |
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The human race has only one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. - Mark Twain
It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.
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woodhog
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USA
5141 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2012 : 3:08:12 PM
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cman
Junior Member
160 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2012 : 4:10:35 PM
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| i had a '72 mercury capri and that was the windshield wiper button |
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spasmcreek
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 4:17:25 PM
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| have had em both ...start & light switch on the floor...and one could actually REPAIR a vehicle himself |
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NOAH
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USA
3960 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2012 : 4:25:24 PM
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James Bond missle launcher |
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JnRockwall
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USA
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 5:27:39 PM
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Originally posted by gesshots
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Originally posted by Alan Rushing
It's sure been awhile for me. Probably about 50 years back!
I believe US automakers started moving the high beam switch to the turn signal lever in the mid 70's....as I recall.
chevy pick ups went to the coloumb in 1988. |
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armilite
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British Indian Ocean Territories
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 6:21:51 PM
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TRAP55
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USA
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 6:25:36 PM
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Try a bus with three of those on the floor, one for high beams, and the other two for right and left turn signals.
One plus for those floor mounted switches, helluva lot easier to change out, than one in a tilt column steering wheel! |
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select-fire
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 6:52:33 PM
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rscoleman88
Senior Member
USA
2284 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2012 : 6:55:51 PM
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| I wrecked the first vehicle I drove with a column mount dimmer. Got my foot stuck in the steering wheel. |
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bigoutside
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USA
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Posted - 04/30/2012 : 9:46:23 PM
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I wrecked the first vehicle I drove with a column mount dimmer. Got my foot stuck in the steering wheel.
Now that made me laugh |
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oldrider
Advanced Member
USA
3465 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2012 : 11:36:21 PM
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Originally posted by River Rat
We should have a contest -- everyone try to guess the year, make, and model of the vehicle.
I say it's a '69 Ford F-150.
I agree, that was a good location for a dimmer switch. Anyoone ever have one come apart on you, while driving down the road?
I'll venture a guess that there were no F-150's in 1969.
Ford F 100's weren't they? |
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jonk
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Posted - 05/01/2012 : 08:16:22 AM
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I know a guy who was so adamant about having his dimmer on the floor that he cut a hole in the floor, installed one, and rewired it.
Strange guy. |
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bigboy12
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Posted - 05/01/2012 : 11:22:14 AM
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| That is the switch that opens the trap door/escape hatch in the floorboard. I think Maxwell Smart had one just like it. |
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minitruck83
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USA
4050 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2012 : 3:33:31 PM
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Originally posted by tacking1
its a dimmer switch.
How many of you have had your foot slip off the clutch and "high beam" an oncoming car?
Even worse. Went to dim the lights for an oncoming State Trooper..... the switch shorted out and killed the lights completely! 
(he was NOT understanding)
Allen
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austin20
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USA
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Posted - 05/01/2012 : 5:16:02 PM
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Originally posted by River Rat
We should have a contest -- everyone try to guess the year, make, and model of the vehicle.
I say it's a '69 Ford F-150.
I agree, that was a good location for a dimmer switch. Anyoone ever have one come apart on you, while driving down the road?
Yep! F-100 in 1969.
I'll venture a guess that there were no F-150's in 1969.
Ford F 100's weren't they?
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mackcrane
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Posted - 05/02/2012 : 11:45:50 AM
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| Had one go through the floor in my 1971 Ford F-250 in 1978. Time for a new truck. Another one killed the lights on a Mack truck I was driving as I went into a curve---not too good. |
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catpealer111
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Belarus
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Posted - 05/02/2012 : 11:54:03 AM
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| They work great until they get all corroded from the salty slush on your boots. My 1980 F-150 had one. My 1993 F-150 has the high beams on the column, I don't miss the food switch. A foot starter switch would be on the right by the throttle. |
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