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| Mike!! |
 Feb 7 2023, 01:58 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 13-August 22 From: Honolulu Member No.: 26,770 Region Association: Hawaii  |
Aloha, new 914 owner here!
While peeling off the nasty 50 year old Perlon carpeting, I dropped the dealer-installed A/C unit on my 1973 1.7L. I found that there was a weird control knob connected to a small metal bracket that was pop-riveted to the back of the under-dash A/C unit. It was also secured to the underside of the dash with a 1/4" sheet metal screw. The cable that extends from the switch goes up into the instrument area, and it does not appear to be related to the A/C unit itself. Any ideas what it could be? Possibly a felonious odometer rollback device? The odometer is ganked on the car, it reads 4500. But just wondering if anyone has seen something like this before? TIA, -- mike    |
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| NARP74 |
Feb 7 2023, 04:34 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,370 Joined: 29-July 20 From: Colorado, USA, Earth Member No.: 24,549 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
And that is the early style trip reset. Interesting that they had to create a bracket due to the AC since it blocked where the knob usually goes in the dash hole seen in one of your pics. Never seen one of those.
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Mike!! Question about magical, mystery knob!?! Feb 7 2023, 01:58 PM
BeatNavy That indeed is the odometer reset for cars equippe... Feb 7 2023, 02:07 PM Mike!! Awesome. Mystery solved.
Now I'll have to fig... Feb 7 2023, 03:01 PM
madd_dogg_914
"Clocking" the odometer is now a felony... Feb 7 2023, 03:16 PM BeatNavy Yeah, sorry, I meant the TRIP odometer reset.
I w... Feb 7 2023, 03:41 PM emerygt350 The speedo fix is easy and fun if you like that ki... Feb 7 2023, 07:35 PM fixer34 That is the trip odometer reset, doesn't do an... Feb 7 2023, 11:00 PM |
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