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elimontfort
Posted 2014-07-24 7:50 PM (#450357)
Subject: Mystery switch?


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Hello all. I have a 58 coronet and I have this switch that kinda looks like a rheostat under my dash. It has two small gauge speaker wires soldered to it and two brown wires which are wired to the light switch and are powered on both sides with the key on. The speaker wires run to the trunk and are not connected to anything and they do not have power to them. The car is bone stock and the wiring has not been cut up. The car also does not have rear defrost.



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elimontfort
Posted 2014-07-24 8:01 PM (#450359 - in reply to #450357)
Subject: Re: Mystery switch?


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The switch is just under the key switch next to the heater control
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ttotired
Posted 2014-07-24 8:09 PM (#450362 - in reply to #450357)
Subject: Re: Mystery switch?



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Location: Perth Australia		I would have said a fader switch, but not with power connected to them, you sure those power wires are in the right place

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elimontfort
Posted 2014-07-24 8:30 PM (#450367 - in reply to #450357)
Subject: Re: Mystery switch?


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Not sure if the wires are going to the correct spot but the fader switch is on the light switch itself.
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elimontfort
Posted 2014-07-24 8:32 PM (#450368 - in reply to #450357)
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That's how I got here. I was trouble shooting why my dash lights wouldn't work and as I was taking the switch out I noticed the dimmer control on the light switch.
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ttotired
Posted 2014-07-24 8:46 PM (#450370 - in reply to #450357)
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Here, we call the dash light one a dimmer, hi/lo beam a dipper ect:)

Might have been lost in the translation

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elimontfort
Posted 2014-07-24 8:57 PM (#450371 - in reply to #450357)
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Oh we'll that would make some sense. The wire ends in the trunk right where the rear speaker is supposed to be. Figured that would be in the owners manual or the service manual. Maybe a dealer installed option for front and rear speakers? The service manual only shows a rear speaker in the schematics.
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soiouz
Posted 2014-08-06 8:24 AM (#451806 - in reply to #450371)
Subject: Re: Mystery switch?



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elimontfort - 2014-07-24 8:57 PM

Oh we'll that would make some sense. The wire ends in the trunk right where the rear speaker is supposed to be. Figured that would be in the owners manual or the service manual. Maybe a dealer installed option for front and rear speakers? The service manual only shows a rear speaker in the schematics.



If you dont want to reinstall it, I'm looking for that exact switch for my car!
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miquelonbrad
Posted 2014-09-15 10:03 AM (#456331 - in reply to #450357)
Subject: Re: Mystery switch?



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Location: Hay Lakes, Alberta, Canada		Plymouth and Dodge radios did not have built-in fader switches, so that switch was added under the dash if you ordered the rear speaker option. Only the Chrysler, DeSoto and Imperial radios were factory equipped for the rear speaker.
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elimontfort
Posted 2015-06-02 2:42 PM (#480202 - in reply to #450357)
Subject: Re: Mystery switch?


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Sorry about the lack of response. Deployments, work, moving, and other projects i had forgotten about this question. I did fix the lights and radio and fixed the wiring for the fader switch. Everything works as advertised now. My wife was super happy and amazed that everything still works on this car.
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