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Old Mar 3, 2010 | 06:05 PM
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the one all the way to the left.... it's under the speedo. left of the headlight overide switch. i thought that maybe it was the wiper override switch (which as you can see is missing) so i turned it and turned it... now i'm wondering what i ended up screwing up!
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Old Mar 3, 2010 | 06:13 PM
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trip odometer reset
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Push up and turn to reset the odometer.
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Old Mar 3, 2010 | 06:22 PM
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Okay...my 69 has the two center vacuum controls and a round **** missing here my round **** is stuck what did it do?
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oh ok, so my twisting it wouldn't have done anything, right?
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right, push and twist.
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oh ok, so my twisting it wouldn't have done anything, right?
You will have to retitle the car now because you turned it so much it reset the miles to zero!

No harm done...check the trip odometer to see if it has reset...thats all. You seem to be worse than me i.e. Oh, whats this do...Click....BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!:rofl : Trust me... its best if you know what it is before playing with it.

Stay in tune...
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Okay...my 69 has the two center vacuum controls and a round **** missing here my round **** is stuck what did it do?
It stops the wipers blades in a position where you could changed the blades or re-fills.

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Originally Posted by GREGG-73
You will have to retitle the car now because you turned it so much it reset the miles to zero!

No harm done...check the trip odometer to see if it has reset...thats all. You seem to be worse than me i.e. Oh, whats this do...Click....BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!:rofl : Trust me... its best if you know what it is before playing with it.

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thanks i needed a laugh!
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