Re: That little button on the floor

[audidudi@delphi.com (Jeffrey J. Goggin)]

>Hi all. I got in an argument with a friend a few days ago over what the
>little button on the floor behind the gas pedal in my 5ks and 5kcst(both
>auto) does. I said that it forces a downshift or delays an upshift,
>allowing the revs to reach close to the redline. I noticed that every time
>I press it, one of the before mentioned things happens. He says that it has
>nothing to do with the transmission. Who is right? And what does it really
>do? Thanks for any help.

On my '87 5ks, it was an a/c cut-out switch ... the kickdown is handled by a
seperate lever triggered by the throttle linkage.  Under full-throttle
acceleration, the switch turns off the a/c ... on my girlfriend's '89 Fox,
VW used a vacuum switch instead and it cuts out any time you're over half
throttle (which, in a gutless car like this one, is most of the time ...
just what we need here in the desert).
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