Button on dashboard

[ToonMan]

I've got a button on my dashboard just to the right of the heater control. It pushes in and then comes back out with a spring. It kind of looks like the other knobs but it kind of doesn't. I don't know if this is something that's supposed to be in there or if this is something that previous owner put in. It doesn't seem to do anything. If anybody has any ideas I'd love to hear them.

[ToonMan]

I'm sorry the picture came out upside down

[va72longhorn]

It’s a blank for a phone charger. Pull the “button and spring” out, place it in your .... change container ( that thing that pulls out just above it) and then plug your phone charger in.

[ToonMan]

Originally Posted by va72longhorn

It’s a blank for a phone charger. Pull the “button and spring” out, place it in your .... change container ( that thing that pulls out just above it) and then plug your phone charger in.

Well I assume that's where the cigarette lighter / phone charger plug was. But this is actually a button that pushes in like an aftermarket horn button.

[kev2809]

isn't that a cigarette lighter?

[57taskforce]

Originally Posted by kev2809

isn't that a cigarette lighter?

Yes sir that’s exactly what it is.

[va72longhorn]

Ummm.... yeah, but I was just giving an alternative idea. Depending on your age, some may not know what a cigarette lighter is. Kind of like those crank things on the door panels....

[Getter-Done]

Yes Cigarette lighter.

Flip for ya.

[kev2809]

Originally Posted by va72longhorn

Ummm.... yeah, but I was just giving an alternative idea. Depending on your age, some may not know what a cigarette lighter is. Kind of like those crank things on the door panels....

haha guess I showed my age as well!

but to be honest, I'm sure 98 percent of the time it is used as a phone charger.

[67C10Step]

Hilarious! I actually love it that we have folks with interest in these trucks that have never known a factory cigarette lighter. My plan on my 67 is to repurpose it just as stated, as a USB charging port.

[ToonMan]

Originally Posted by 67C10Step

Hilarious! I actually love it that we have folks with interest in these trucks that have never known a factory cigarette lighter. My plan on my 67 is to repurpose it just as stated, as a USB charging port.

It actually doesn't come out like a cigarette lighter. It just pushes in like some kind of a horn button. I'm very familiar with what a cigarette lighter looks like. This one isn't even close to that

[BAD1916]

What plugs in to the back? Can you trace it and see where it goes? I had a friend that installed a kill switch in his cigarette lighter. It worked well and nobody would ever look there.

[ToonMan]

Originally Posted by BAD1916

What plugs in to the back? Can you trace it and see where it goes?

There are two wires but I haven't actually traced where they went I didn't know if this was some kind of option I wasn't aware of because I know it's the cigarette lighter hole

[67RS/SSx2]

Originally Posted by BAD1916

I had a friend that installed a kill switch in his cigarette lighter. It worked well and nobody would ever look there.

Never thought of that (kill switch). If my truck was worth stealing this would be a good idea. Haven't even tried my lighter to see if it works.

[67C10Step]

Originally Posted by ToonMan

It actually doesn't come out like a cigarette lighter. It just pushes in like some kind of a horn button. I'm very familiar with what a cigarette lighter looks like. This one isn't even close to that

ToonMan,
I apologize. Since it looked like a cigarette lighter and in the lighter location I made an assumption that I should not have.

One thing for certain, you got a bunch of us interested to know what it is now. Pulling it out of the dash and tracing wires won't be fun but should be enlightening. Would be neat to know if a PO had repurposed the location for a switch of some sort.

[va72longhorn]

I honestly thought Toonman was trying to be funny, so I was making light of it. Not too sure he wasn’t. But yeah, I never picked up the smoking habit, so mine is usually charging hers or my iPhone. I’m one of the 98%.

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by va72longhorn

I honestly thought Toonman was trying to be funny, so I was making light of it. Not too sure he wasn’t. But yeah, I never picked up the smoking habit, so mine is usually charging hers or my iPhone. I’m one of the 98%.

So you was thinking

[ToonMan]

Originally Posted by Getter-Done

So you was thinking
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I appreciate the meme but it does not pop out. I've had cigarette lighters and everything I've had I know what the f*** they are. This one doesn't pop out it's like a horn button. I was just trying to ask a serious question

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by ToonMan

I appreciate the meme but it does not pop out. I've had cigarette lighters and everything I've had I know what the f*** they are. This one doesn't pop out it's like a horn button. I was just trying to ask a serious question

Seriously. The spring inside is probably worn out.

I was not trying to be a (Foghorn LegHorn)

[ToonMan]

Originally Posted by Getter-Done

Seriously. The spring inside is probably worn out.

I was not trying to be a (Foghorn LegHorn)

It's actually not a lighter. It is a solid switch with 2 wires on the back. I've been building Chevy Cameos for 40 years. I've had lighters. I was just looking for honest help.

[kev2809]

idk what else it could be though. it looks exactly like a stock cigarette lighter. so I don't know what someone could've put there that looks like that. can u follow the wires on the back and see if goes to the cig lighter fuse in the fusebox?

[va72longhorn]

I’m curious now. Can you show us a little closer pic? I’m sure we can figure it out.

[pjmoreland]

It might make it easier to see what's going on if you remove the assembly from the dash. The housing collar behind the dash unscrews simply by twisting it, and then the lighter and socket will come out of the dash.

Since there are two wires going to your cigarette lighter, there's a possibility it is back-lit like the one shown here.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=Lit+cigarette

[ToonMan]

Originally Posted by pjmoreland

It might make it easier to see what's going on if you remove the assembly from the dash. The housing collar behind the dash unscrews simply by twisting it, and then the lighter and socket will come out of the dash.

Since there are two wires going to your cigarette lighter, there's a possibility it is back-lit like the one shown here.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=Lit+cigarette

I will give that a shot when I'm at the shop tomorrow. It did not look like a cigarette lighter to me and it still doesn't but the picture that you sent the attachment of kind of looks like it. So I'll dig more into it. Thank you whole thing makes me feel kind of dumb considering how long I've been doing this

[pjmoreland]

Originally Posted by ToonMan

I will give that a shot when I'm at the shop tomorrow. It did not look like a cigarette lighter to me and it still doesn't but the picture that you sent the attachment of kind of looks like it. So I'll dig more into it. Thank you whole thing makes me feel kind of dumb considering how long I've been doing this

The one in the picture I sent is a 1967-specific lighter (smaller with ridges around perimeter), whereas yours is a 68-72 style (larger and smooth).