Does Anybody Know What This Is And What Its For?
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Does Anybody Know What This Is And What Its For?
ITS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HATCH SUPPORT, THE COVER IS GONE BUT IT HAS A LITTLE TOGGLE SWITCH ON IT, AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS FOR OR WHAT IT DOES
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where would i find a cover for it or a new one if i did decide to keep it. i have already checked all the local scraps and there isn't an rx with it. i have also looked on the mainline sites and can't find it
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It should come on automatically when the hatch is opened. If it doesn't your hatch switches are bad or the light is mis-wired.
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both my 86 base and 87 t2 I have to flip the little toggle switch for light to come on. I know for sure on that the 86's light has never come on automatically, cause it's been in the family since it was bought off the lot in 86. maybe the auto-on light is a not too known factory option?
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both my 86 base and 87 t2 I have to flip the little toggle switch for light to come on. I know for sure on that the 86's light has never come on automatically, cause it's been in the family since it was bought off the lot in 86. maybe the auto-on light is a not too known factory option?
Does the hatch open idiot light come on when the car is running and the hatch is open?
If yes, then you have a wiring problem at the switch. If no, you have bad hatch switches (and probably a bad hatch gasket as well, since when they leak from a bad gasket/seal, they tend to leak onto the latches and the the switches in the latch.
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by switch you mean? the little toggle switch?
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No, The hatch switches.
In each hatch latch there is a switch, that triggers the truck light and the idiot light on the dash showing that the hatch is open. This is also used by the factory alarm to trigger when the trunk is opened.
On convertibles the trunk switch only powers the trunk light and factory alarm trigger, but you can run a wire to the idiot light panel from the factory security box and add a truck open indicator
And there is not a toggle switch on the factory light. It is either a rocker switch or slider switch and all that does is, turn the light off even if the hatch is open.
In each hatch latch there is a switch, that triggers the truck light and the idiot light on the dash showing that the hatch is open. This is also used by the factory alarm to trigger when the trunk is opened.
On convertibles the trunk switch only powers the trunk light and factory alarm trigger, but you can run a wire to the idiot light panel from the factory security box and add a truck open indicator
And there is not a toggle switch on the factory light. It is either a rocker switch or slider switch and all that does is, turn the light off even if the hatch is open.
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No, The hatch switches.
In each hatch latch there is a switch, that triggers the truck light and the idiot light on the dash showing that the hatch is open. This is also used by the factory alarm to trigger when the trunk is opened.
On convertibles the trunk switch only powers the trunk light and factory alarm trigger, but you can run a wire to the idiot light panel from the factory security box and add a truck open indicator
And there is not a toggle switch on the factory light. It is either a rocker switch or slider switch and all that does is turn the light off even if the hatch is open.
In each hatch latch there is a switch, that triggers the truck light and the idiot light on the dash showing that the hatch is open. This is also used by the factory alarm to trigger when the trunk is opened.
On convertibles the trunk switch only powers the trunk light and factory alarm trigger, but you can run a wire to the idiot light panel from the factory security box and add a truck open indicator
And there is not a toggle switch on the factory light. It is either a rocker switch or slider switch and all that does is turn the light off even if the hatch is open.
the 86 has a slider switch and the 87 has the rocker.