Little switch..

[Graham_Amika]

Cerb 2000 - SP6

I found a little switch hidden under the drivers well carpet.

I haven't had the nerve to flick it yet.

Any ideas..

Many thanks
Graham

PS Should I point out that I'm a new Cerb owner and therefore this might be a really stupid question.

[jensena]

If it's a switch with a Rotary control (but without the knob)then it is the switch/thermostat for setting the Air-Con temperature when you have it re-gassed.

[Ireland]

jensena said:

If it's a switch with a Rotary control (but without the knob)then it is the switch/thermostat for setting the Air-Con temperature when you have it re-gassed.

Partly correct ..... it is for adjusting the temperature alright but the temperature doesn't necessarily need to be adjusted after a re-gas.

The thermostat should hold it's setting regardless of the amount of gas.


That may not be the little switch, however, as the stat is located under the steering column.

Picture time, methinks .....

[Graham_Amika]

I'll put a picture up over the weekend... This little switch is definately under the drivers well carpet. Looks like a little flick switch and it isn't fixed to anything.. I vaguely remember it is on a red/white stripped electrical cable.

Looks to me a bit like an old fashioned kill switch.. Grease Lightning style... lol..

Regards
Graham

[hugepiece]

it could always be be a valet switch for your alarm to put it in service mode.

[Graham_Amika]

Here goes, but I'm guessing how to link the picture...

www.pistonheads.com/pics//members/83437-car.jpg?nocache=660

Thanks
Graham

[hugepiece]

ok car looks very nice, how about a piccie of the offending switch ?

[Graham_Amika]

Please try again, it seems to be picking up the updated picture now. Must have been a timing problem with updating my profile before.

cheers
Graham

[whatever]

Oooh, a secret switch

How intriguing...

My advice: don't switch the switch until you've traced both ends of the wires. twice

[work-shy-wanabe]

Immobiliser type kill switch maybe?

[whatever]

btw, I've just checked on my 98 4.5, and it hasn't got one.

Looks like something a previous owner has had fitted. It's certainly not a standard fitment that I've heard of before.

[Ireland]

Graham_Amika said:

..... I'm guessing how to link the picture...

This is the way I put pictures in.

It works a treat as the picture appears in the message.

Just re-size your pictures to 500 wide (so they'll fit on the screen and will open quickly), got to www.tinypic.com and upload them onto there.

It will then give you a link you just copy, and paste it into your post to get the pictures on to here.

(You use the middle one of the three option they give you after you upload it).

Simple as that.

[jensena]

That Pic isn't the Air Con thermostat, I haven't a clue what that one is. The Thermostat isn't under the steering Column, (Well it wasn't on the 2 Cerbs that I've had) its on the right of the Drivers footwell just in front of the leading edge of the door, about level with the bottom of the dash behind the carpet.

[warpig1]

looks like a kill switch or possibly an extra starter switch for those annoying times when the starter button don't work. maybe some extra equipment, phone, stereo etc.
be brave give it a flick, i don't think it'll set off the self distruct mechanism!

[FUBAR]

BANG!

[Graham_Amika]

I won't be brave and actually try flicking the switch yet... seen as the car does work, however, it is due to go in for some minor bits of work in a couple of weeks. I'll ask the garage if they have any ideas.

Many thanks for all your help though.

Regards
Graham Abbott

[whatever]

Graham_Amika said:

I won't be brave and actually try flicking the switch yet... seen as the car does work, however, it is due to go in for some minor bits of work in a couple of weeks. I'll ask the garage if they have any ideas.

Many thanks for all your help though.

Regards
Graham Abbott

Who's done the servicing work previously? I'd expect a call to them would reveal something. Also, if you also know who the previous owner was then they might know too.

[southendpier]

Have you got a big ICE kit? if so it may be a kill switch for that. I have one..in the boot though.

I also have a switch to turn the hot fan on - does yours do this (for times when car may overheat).

if not it MUST be nitrox or a parachute brake...ooooh yes.

[blueflash]

Mine hasen't got one - thank goodness!!
Couldn't you contact the previous owner , he'll be on the log book - won't he(or she!).



Go on give it a flick..............wot harm can it do !!

[Peppe]

Hi Graham !

In my Cerb SP6, i have no switch like that, so i think it is something that has been put in there by a previous owner.

Do you still have the problems wih the engine cutting out, www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?t=377594&f=6&h=0 .

I think that switch could have something to do with it. As i can see on the picture the switch is of a kind that isn´t water proof. To place it underneath the drivers carpet isn´t a good idea then since it might be some moist there coming from wet shoes etc.
What happens if it is a kill switch and the carpet moves a little while you are driving the car, it might trigger the switch for a tenth of a second and cut out the engine. The same could happen if you have some corrosion inside the switch.

Try the car with the switch moved to another place, and see what happens with the engine cut outs.

Hope you solve the small niggels you have in your car so you can enjoy it as it should be.

// Peppe