strange button

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JimAitken
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strange button

Post by JimAitken » Fri May 15, 2015 8:44 am

I've replaced my dead 480 Turbo with a GT and on the heated seats button plate, there is an extra button. It looks like a spotlight button. http://www.webvalley.co.uk/button.png
What does it do. I can't see anything obvious?

thanks
Jim
current: 480GT, V70 D5
previous: 480Turbo, 440, 850, V70 Classic. Renaults 4/5/6/20, Mini Cooper S (1968), Alfasud ti

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jamescarruthers
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Re: strange button

Post by jamescarruthers » Fri May 15, 2015 9:26 am

Put the headlights up
Select high beam (indicator stalk)
Operate the switch you found. It controls whether or not your long-range driving lamps (next to Day running lights) come on with the high-beams or not.

I can't see why it would ever need to be in the off position.

Every 480 has this switch, but I can see why you would have missed it as it just needs left in the on position and that's it!
1987 Volvo 480 ES, 507274, 217 - Red (Ness)
2006 Citroen C6 Exclusive 3.0 petrol/LPG
2008 Mini Cooper convertible (Mau)

Previous 480's:
J123 CFU -- ES
J449 MNL -- ES auto
D864 CPV -- ES
L691 JFC -- Turbo
F70 MNR -- ES
H858 FGV -- Turbo auto
E981 KHM -- ES (509849)

JimAitken
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Location: Cornwall

Re: strange button

Post by JimAitken » Fri May 15, 2015 9:46 am

thanks for that. My turbo had a neat little home made switch there when I got it, which bypassed the standard horn to a very loud two tone horn (illegal me thinks). I removed that and stuck to the standard horn. All makes sense now.
thanks again
current: 480GT, V70 D5
previous: 480Turbo, 440, 850, V70 Classic. Renaults 4/5/6/20, Mini Cooper S (1968), Alfasud ti

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jamescarruthers
480 Is my middle name
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Re: strange button

Post by jamescarruthers » Fri May 15, 2015 2:45 pm

You're welcome.
1987 Volvo 480 ES, 507274, 217 - Red (Ness)
2006 Citroen C6 Exclusive 3.0 petrol/LPG
2008 Mini Cooper convertible (Mau)

Previous 480's:
J123 CFU -- ES
J449 MNL -- ES auto
D864 CPV -- ES
L691 JFC -- Turbo
F70 MNR -- ES
H858 FGV -- Turbo auto
E981 KHM -- ES (509849)

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