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Old 07-27-04, 09:56 AM
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WTF?!? a toggle switch in my dash?

well im doing a 5spd conversion, as I was swicitching tach's I got a closer look at this toggle switch that I noticed when I first bought the car. I thought maybe it wasn't hooked up or something but I still can not figure it out. The car has no e-fan, no nitrous system, no alarm system(other then stock). I really can't find where it goes. Any help would be great.





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Considered following the wires?

Odds are it's a fuel cut switch.
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not stock, so trace the wires down and see
Old 07-27-04, 10:10 AM
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i tried i lost them, they are both green wires, it was quite a terrible wiring job, i'll follow them, fuel cut switch that would be great. If you met the guy i bought this thing from you'd understand my concern
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yup probably some kind of fuel cut switch...very popular on flooding older engines.
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yea but the thing is that i could start the engine with the switch in any direction, switched what would seem to be on, and what would seem to be off. Either direction it had no effect, and where exactly would i find this wired to, because i just pulled my engine to rebuild it aout 2 weeks ago
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maby it's left over from a old e-fan setup? most people who do a ghetto e-fan setup realize that it dosent help much after a little while so they just stick the stock fan back in. and instead of having a hole in the dash they just leave the switch.
Old alarm, Old fog lights? well I'm sure whatever it used to be hooked upto probably dosent exist on the car anymore anyways if it does nothing.
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thats where i put my switch to make my FTPs into driving lights how described on aaron cake's site.

oh yeah forgot to mention that i used green wires for both because its a ground.

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Old 07-27-04, 11:35 AM
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hmmm...yea no battery in the car, i really should have went on this adventure when the car was together, thanks for your help
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I have a mystery switch (well its actually a click-on, click-off button) that was installed under my wiper switch in my TII. I have yet to trace it, but it doesn't seem to do a damn thing.

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yea well when i went to pick the car up there was a bottle of ZEX nitrous and a computer, that looked well used sitting in his living room. So im kind of wondering
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so maybe thats it, how could i look for the use of nitrous in an engine if anyway at all
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You can check the intake duct for holes in it (which are probably filled but visable). If it was a wet kit, it was likely mounted there.

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yea, isn't a dry kit in the intake piping and a wet kit is further downstream? Thanks for the help
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dude just a ? why r u swaping the gahe cluster out anyway?? the only diffrence on a s4 is the shift up light. and do u really need that?? you can tell more by listening to the car and using the tach than that lil light. the rps's on the 2 tacks is the same. why bother w/ it???
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well it has 90,000 on this cluster, mine had 168,xxx and well i had the extra cluster laying around, im 16 i don't mind going the extra mile

(im rebuilding the engine, and doing a complete overhaul so miles on the cluster won't really indicat much anymore)
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If he had a stereo system, it could be an amp power override switch. I have one in my GTP.
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Ricer fog lights? My car came with a lovely set that were half broken and all around half assed. First thing I learned how to remove
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Black light maybe?
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