can't identify dashboard switch
 

Hi, Everyone: I’m curious what this switch is for ?
Euro 83 SC
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1713968403.jpg

It flips your car 90 degrees onto its right side.

Intermittent wiper?

I’ve seen the knockout opening on a SC dash before but no clue what it was for.
That knob looks like it would open/close a flapper for an hvac function. A similarly styled knob can be found on aftermarket dealer installed ac console, also had a pair of these on a VW I once owned, they opened the windshield defroster flaps.
Good chance you can see where it attaches underneath.

Found this also…
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/981503-911-sc-mystery-dash-switch.html

follow the wires--let us see the connections where it ends

Ivan

Well, what happens when you turn it ?

Front/rear fader ?

Spoken like a true pilot.

now i wonder if 962 did turned the switch ??.... is he ever coming back??;-)
Ivan

Thank-you for the replies, will further investigate today ��

That slotted cover in the pic hides the sensor for the auto heating option in later G-body cars.
Im guessing that your knob/plug is not OEM.
Cheers,
Johan

When you are ready to execute a barrel roll....

Some aftermarket stereo-thing, not oem. Nope, never.
Wait, it might be a euro-only duct opener.
Okay, I am out of guesses.




edit just clicked on link uwon posted and its a pretty great rabbit-hole of various things that particular dash-spot was used for !

I had a Euro 83 with auto heat and there was nothing there except for the knockout. The knob definitely doesn't look factory to me.

It's a "U Turn" switch. Very common in countries where the idiot in front of you enacts a U Turn with zero warning........