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Old 05-12-2010, 10:50 PM
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i was tearing into my trunk a lil deeper today and came across this
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it was behind the plastic trim piece i took off. no clue what its for
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Old 05-12-2010, 11:14 PM
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What the...... Is that a toggle switch? Wired to the ELC? If it'* OEM, www.compnine has some great exploded view/part number resources. I dont have time tonight to go look. But it'* interesting for sure.
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Old 05-12-2010, 11:32 PM
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That'* the switch for the air compressor.
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Thats what I thought. Is the Schrader valve to tap the pressure there somewhere as well?
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The connection is separate and seems to be missing. Only the electrical is there.
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Thats what I thought. Is the Schrader valve to tap the pressure there somewhere as well?
Should be near the trunk latch IIRC, but I don't see it in that pic for some reason....
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Does that gen have a valet trunk lockout? If so, where is it?
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that looks like the trunk lock out switch that i have in mine my compessor switch is just two buttons that say on-off
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X3 on the trunk lockout switch. I have one just like that in my car.
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X4. It is the trunk lock out switch.
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