Mystery button?
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Mystery button?
so when i pulled off the shifter boot/stereo surround i noticed this button/cable end... thing. if you press it in it feels like theres a cable running to *something* as there is quite a bit of resistance, but i cant tell where it goes. any ideas on what it is before i pull apart the dash trying to figure it out? pics will come soon
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ok, its like 8 gauge steel braided cable, its like the cable they use for the gas door opener. runs underneath the carpeting straight back underneath the air conditioner/heating ducts from what i can tell...blah guess i gotta pull the whole dash heh
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The end shown in the pic wasn't attached to anything?
My truck has a cable like that coming from the back of the heater/AC panel that goes to the heater core to move something when you slide the lever back and forth. Our cars do it via electronics as far as I know.
My truck has a cable like that coming from the back of the heater/AC panel that goes to the heater core to move something when you slide the lever back and forth. Our cars do it via electronics as far as I know.
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nope, just a spring loaded button you can press... maybe thats it. i really have no clue. looks like i'm gonna have to take off the dash to find out
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wow, im suprised no one thus far has given the right information. that is the auto lockout thing, only cars with automatic trans have them, it prevents the key from being removed unless the car is in park. if you have a manual trans in the car than it is not stock, someone did a 5spd swap sometime in the past and dissconnected the switch on the ignition so you can get your key out.
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I was going to say that next. I help a friend do a 5spd swap and 2 days later he couldn't get the key out. Someone told him what it was but I wasn't there to see it so I didn't recognize the thing in the pic.
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Project84 - that was me that told your friend keneth about the button and how to get his keys out. i also did the swap right around when you guys did the swap. and the werid this is that you replied to my threads about no 2nd gear. its a small forum after all, its a small forum after all.
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Originally posted by Project84
I was going to say that next. I help a friend do a 5spd swap and 2 days later he couldn't get the key out. Someone told him what it was but I wasn't there to see it so I didn't recognize the thing in the pic.
I was going to say that next. I help a friend do a 5spd swap and 2 days later he couldn't get the key out. Someone told him what it was but I wasn't there to see it so I didn't recognize the thing in the pic.
the shifter side that switch you're talking about looks alot like the one in the picture. It was bolted down to the tranny tunnel and would release the key only in park (farthest forward the car).
Edit: damn small forum...
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