amazing discovery

[comancheman]

so after owning and driving my comanche for 2 years i decided to give the headlight knob a twist. wouldnt u know it the dash lights dim! i had no clue i had this option. i also noticed when i go all the way to the left it clicks. would i be correct in assuming this is for my never ever working interior lights?

[BLHTAZ]

:laughin: Fun finding things isn't it.

 

yes...the click is likely for interior and [if equiped], I believe it would also turn on the cargo light on the back of the cab.

[Kenosha Warrior]

Cargo light was a seperate switch entirely, still, neat find, I never knew it did it for about 4 months after I started driving my old MJ.,

[deziped]

That has been the method for controling dash light brightness and activating interior lights for eons, well maybe just since the 30's.

[Eagle]

Where have you guys been? My first car was a 1950 Hudson and the dash lights dimmed the same way.

[DirtyComanche]

Where have you guys been? My first car was a 1950 Hudson and the dash lights dimmed the same way.

 

 

However, there's a lot of vehicles that don't dim that way. Most new(er) ones don't.

[summerinmaine]

That has been the method for controling dash light brightness and activating interior lights for eons, well maybe just since the 30's.

I thought the old timers just turned up the wick on the kerosene lamp. ;)

[Geonovast]

My mom's 95 cutless had a seperate switch for the dimmer/interior lights.

[MiNi Beast]

:laughin: wow, all I can say is wow.

[Eagle]

That has been the method for controling dash light brightness and activating interior lights for eons, well maybe just since the 30's.

I thought the old timers just turned up the wick on the kerosene lamp. ;)

That's for headlamps. (There's a reason the technical name is head"lamp"s)

[500 MJ]

Where have you guys been? My first car was a 1950 Hudson and the dash lights dimmed the same way.

 

X2. My LUV did that too and it was high tech for having the high beam switch included on the turn signal lever. Most old cars had them on the floorboards...

[deziped]

500 they were talking about dimming dash lights, not the headlights, I think.

[gixxerman600]

My first car was a 1950 Hudson .

:drool:

[Eagle]

My first car was a 1950 Hudson .

:drool:

Now, now -- be nice. Remember, Hudson owned NASCAR in the early 50s. They won just about every race they entered.

[bgred2]

I had a 1950 Hudson also. That fluid clutch never seemed to catch on.

[summerinmaine]

That has been the method for controling dash light brightness and activating interior lights for eons, well maybe just since the 30's.

I thought the old timers just turned up the wick on the kerosene lamp. ;)

That's for headlamps. (There's a reason the technical name is head"lamp"s)

 

 

When I was a young tad, my dad had a bike with an acetylene head lamp. Pretty cool.