What is this (under dash switch)?
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What is this (under dash switch)?
1974 L48 Automatic
Ok, so the photo above is taken from the floorboard on the driver's side. I know the wiring looks like crap - in fact the headlights have been spliced in there somewhere, bypassing the headlight switch. But that's not important right now.
In the top right I have a pull switch that overrides the vacuum to the headlights. I don't exactly know why it's there, but I know what it does and that it works. In the top center of the photo, however, I have another switch, or something. This switch has a cable leaving the rear of it that appears to plug into the back of the speedometer, next to the speedometer cable. I have NO idea what this thing is. Or where it's supposed to be mounted correctly, for that matter. Who knows the answer to this one?
You push it in and turn it to reset the trip odometer. 
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The pull down switch (the one with the vacuum hoses) will pop up the headlights without turning on the headlights.
Push and turn the other **** to reset your trip meter. PG.
Push and turn the other **** to reset your trip meter. PG.
