Sponsored Content
F
Former Member
Send PMHouston, TX - USA
Joined: 2/7/2008
Posts: 93
Vette(s): 1970 454 4 speed A/C power everything else
Its under the dash just below the steering wheel and the knob faces straight down. It is a round black knob a little smaller than a quarter and it has two basic positions when you twist it. It seems to be factory, but I'm not sure. There are also two "pins" on either side of the switch. At this point the car does not run and there is no battery in it.
Thanks
Thanks
Be the first to like this post
Sign In to Like this post
Sign In to Like this post
SPONSOR AD:: (Our Sponsors help support Vette Registry)
Lifetime Member
Moderator
Send PMModerator
Duncanville, TX - USA
Joined: 11/8/2003
Posts: 22720
Vette(s): #1-1974 L-48 4spd Cp Med Red Metallic/Black deluxe int w/AC/tilt/tele./p/w-p/b/
Am-Fm/map light National/Regional/Chapter NCRS "Top Flight"
#2-1985 Bright Red/Carmine Cp.L-98/auto
Member: NCRS, NCRS Texas, Corvette Legends of Texas
That is the windshield wiper over-ride switch. It allows you to stop the wipers in mid-sweep, so you can change the wiper blades.
The two other small push/pull switches are for the headlight over-ride, and the wiper door over-ride.
The headlight over-ride lets you raise the headlights without having to turn the light switch on. It was originally designed so the lights could be kept up in cold/icy weather, and they wouldn't get frozen closed.
The same thing with the wiper door over-ride. It allows you to raise the wiper door in icy weather, so it doesn't freeze shut.
The two other small push/pull switches are for the headlight over-ride, and the wiper door over-ride.
The headlight over-ride lets you raise the headlights without having to turn the light switch on. It was originally designed so the lights could be kept up in cold/icy weather, and they wouldn't get frozen closed.
The same thing with the wiper door over-ride. It allows you to raise the wiper door in icy weather, so it doesn't freeze shut.
Joel Adams
C3VR Lifetime Member #56 
My Link 
(click for Texas-sized view!) NCRS
"Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comforting to cry in a CORVETTE than in a Kia"
Be the first to like this post
Sign In to Like this post
Sign In to Like this post
F
Former Member
Send PMHouston, TX - USA
Joined: 2/7/2008
Posts: 93
Vette(s): 1970 454 4 speed A/C power everything else
And what numbskull is going to be driving in cold icy weather?
Save the Wave!
Support the National Corvette Museum
Support the National Corvette Museum
Be the first to like this post
Sign In to Like this post
Sign In to Like this post
6
[QUOTE=dwright]...And what numbskull is going to be driving in cold icy weather?...[/QUOTE]
This numbskull for one, and others like me. My '74 and my '80 were my daily drivers for a looonnnnggggg time. Those two girls have been driven in all kinds of weather. Sometimes it's a have-to case for DDs.
Be the first to like this post
Sign In to Like this post
Sign In to Like this post
Sorry Mike. I remember when I could only afford one car. It wasn't fun.
Save the Wave!
Support the National Corvette Museum
Support the National Corvette Museum
Be the first to like this post
Sign In to Like this post
Sign In to Like this post
in Forum: C3 Electrical, Body and Interior
Sponsored Content