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hey all just bort an r34 gtt 4 door and was installing a deck when i found a black switch hidden under the handbrake cover. its a black nissan switch with a steering wheel in the middle and sais on and off. its still connected but there is no place where it sits, and when i flick it there is a small tick sound in the dash. any ideas?

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nah mate its manual bin trying to find it on google and stuff but still nothin and from what i can tell i dont think its been converted from an auto either

On your dash - can you still see the P R N D down the center? In manual models this area will be blacked out. Another way of telling if your car was an auto is if your steering wheel has + and - buttons (assuming your still using the stock steering wheel).

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LOL its the switch to turn on teh tiptronic gear changes on the steering wheel, so if ur car is manual, someone has used a auto part in the car, or its been converted to manaul

but yeah what iseecool said

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thanx for the answers guys.

it doesnt hav the p r n d down the centre of dash and

tiptronic buttons on the steering wheel + its still stock.

and Silver_R34_GT-T what do u mean they have used

an auto part in the car? im assuming it dont do anythin?

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yeah i told you what it was mate, 100%, if u can here it ticking, then your car was auto, and it has had a manual put in...

what i meant by replace something, ( i miss read) i thought u meant under teh shroud it was in the plastic ( as in they had used a plastic part of dash from the auto) not that it was hidden my bad)

we didnt need a picture as the description you gave about the button was spot on.

how did you go with the vin fast?

i tell you what, if i had paid for manual only to find it was originally auto id be pissed...

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yeah man had it fasted and aparently it was an auto :(

but they did a good job of it, dash and steering wheel,

everythings been changed. also had it checked out by

a mechanic and they recon it was a good job done on

it and well taken care of it only 1 small leak :) .

so im not too pissed about it except they km's are fake,

but i guess they are in most anyway

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