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18-09-2011, 16:35
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What Do 'these' Control ?
this is a photo of some controls on my helm
1965 burger
they control air pressure lines
any ideas?
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18-09-2011, 16:56
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Re: What Do 'these' Control ?
Windshield wipers
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18-09-2011, 17:02
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Air Brakes
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18-09-2011, 17:06
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Re: What Do 'these' Control ?
Where do they lead?
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18-09-2011, 19:36
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Re: What Do 'these' Control ?
yes correct windshield washers.they lead to the windshield. wipers were long since removed so thanks you you I took one more piece of the past off of it
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18-09-2011, 19:54
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Re: What Do 'these' Control ?
Gee, I'd hoped they led to three different air horns. 
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18-09-2011, 20:20
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Re: What Do 'these' Control ?
Or a tiny calliope...
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18-09-2011, 20:47
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Re: What Do 'these' Control ?
Potato Canon launch center
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20-09-2011, 09:59
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Re: What Do 'these' Control ?
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Originally Posted by dohenyboy
yes correct windshield washers.they lead to the windshield. wipers were long since removed so thanks you you I took one more piece of the past off of it
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Speed controls for vacumn-operated wiper motors. Anyone old enough to remember when car wipers sped up or slowed down with engine vacumn created in the carb?
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20-09-2011, 11:23
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Re: What Do 'these' Control ?
indeed I do! Wasn't old enough to drive at the time but did find the system interesting
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20-09-2011, 12:00
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Re: What Do 'these' Control ?
And you could disconnect the line under the dash and shove it down into a quart of oil and lay a smokescreen that even the smartest small town cop couldn't find his way through.
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20-09-2011, 13:33
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Re: What Do 'these' Control ?
Quote:
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And you could disconnect the line under the dash and shove it down into a quart of oil and lay a smokescreen that even the smartest small town cop couldn't find his way through. |
Wasted youth  
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20-09-2011, 13:53
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Re: What Do 'these' Control ?
not wasted---experimenting.......
lol i wont comment ont he wiper speed post....LOL i am old enough for that one.
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22-09-2011, 08:04
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Re: What Do 'these' Control ?
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Originally Posted by Blue Stocking
Speed controls for vacumn-operated wiper motors. Anyone old enough to remember when car wipers sped up or slowed down with engine vacumn created in the carb? |
Quote:
Originally Posted by stacy
indeed I do! Wasn't old enough to drive at the time but did find the system interesting
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My first Rambler!!!
(My second Rambler had it replaced with a retrofitted motor from god-knows-what.)
Quote:
Originally Posted by encore
And you could disconnect the line under the dash and shove it down into a quart of oil and lay a smokescreen that even the smartest small town cop couldn't find his way through.
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Man, wish I'd known this!
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