Oldsmobile 1970 Ninety-Eight Owner's Manual page 21

fuse Slock Location
The fuse box is mounted under the instru-
ment panel to the left of the steering
colwnn and just behind the parking brake.
For fuse specifications, see "FUSE SPEC-
IFICA TIONS" in the technical section.
Glove Sox Door Latch
The glove box door is opened by turning
the door knob clockwise.
It latches
auto-
matically when closed firmly. The oval
headed key will lock the door by turning
the key counterclockwise.
GOOD DRIVING PRACTICE: A
good
driver
turns
on his headIamps at early
dwk, and during bad weather In help
other drivers see his car from a distance,
even though he himself may still be
able to see the roadway adequately.
Headlight, Instrument
Panel and Dome
Light Switch
The headlight switch serves four functions.
(1) Pulling the switch half-way out pro-
vides parking lights, instrument panel
lights, tail lights and side marker lights.
(2) Pulling the switch all the way out pro-
vides all driving lights which includes
headlights, parking lights, side marker
lights, tail lights and instrument panel
lights.
(3)
To dim instrument panel lights,
tum switch knob clockwise. (4) To oper-
ate the dome light, tum switch knob fully
counterclockwise.
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The headlamp circuit is protected by a
circuit breaker in the light switch. An
overload on the breaker
will
cause the
lamps to "flicker" on and off.
If this
con-
dition develops, have your headlamp wir-
ing checked immediately.
Headlight
Dimmer
Switch
To obtain high or low beam headlights,
push the foot dimmer switch located on
the floor below the parking brake. The
Oldsmobile emblem just to the right of the
speedometer cluster
will
glow red when
you are driving on high beam.