stock shift light?

[Huw Powell]

Festively Jolly wrote:
> 
> hey list.  i was parked in the driveway at high noon and the light hit
> the dash just right to see what all the lights had behind them.  there
> are 12 blocks for lights but i could only see about 8. the manual shows
> it has the same 12 "blocks" but only 7 lights.  hmm i say this *up
> pointing* arrow light but had never seen it in function.  seems like a
> shift light, again the manual shows nothing like this. what is this
> arrow? thanks a bunch

yes, it's an upshift light.  there is a relay type thing that controls
it, based mostly on info from a little vacuum switch installed in the
advance hose to the distributor, and disabled by the 5th gear switch
(and maybe reverse too?) on the tranny.  typically.

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Huw Powell

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