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> Question about magical, mystery knob!?!
Mike!!
post Feb 7 2023, 01:58 PM
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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?

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post Feb 7 2023, 03:01 PM
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Awesome. Mystery solved.

Now I'll have to figure out how to crack the odometer and fix any stripped gears.

"Clocking" the odometer is now a felony! I guess it wasn't in 1973. I really like the idea that there is a knob on my car that facilitates crime! Breaking the law!
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post Feb 7 2023, 03:16 PM
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"Clocking" the odometer is now a felony! I guess it wasn't in 1973. I really like the idea that there is a knob on my car that facilitates crime! Breaking the law!


I'm pretty sure that rolling back the odometer has always been against the law. That knob controls the trip odometer (the small odometer at the bottom), not the odometer itself.



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