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  • lowsodium
    Wrencher
    • Dec 2012
    • 289

    #1

    Help a stoopid newb and tell me what this button does...

    The print on the button has worn away and nothing happens when I push it. Im guessing it has something to do with the radio. The electronic manual I have doesnt say what this is either...

    I found this picture on google images, and their button looks worn down too.

    Haven't you ever seen Russian Nesting Dolls? They work like that.

    1987 325e / 2008 135i
  • slammin.e28
    שמע ישראל
    • May 2010
    • 12054

    #2
    Circuit breaker for windows.
    1974.5 Jensen Healey : 2003 330i/5

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    • brenE30
      Advanced Member
      • Aug 2009
      • 120

      #3
      if it is a early 4 door then its a sunroof breaker
      Last edited by brenE30; 01-08-2013, 09:36 AM.

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      • lowsodium
        Wrencher
        • Dec 2012
        • 289

        #4
        Originally posted by slammin.e28guy
        Circuit breaker for windows.
        Thanks!

        Originally posted by brenE30
        if it is a early 4 door then its a sunroof breaker
        Its an 87 4 door, manual sunroof.
        Haven't you ever seen Russian Nesting Dolls? They work like that.

        1987 325e / 2008 135i

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        • InuFaye
          R3VLimited
          • May 2010
          • 2221

          #5
          Originally posted by slammin.e28guy
          Circuit breaker for windows.
          Circuit breaker for mac.
          1986 Plymouth Horizon. Base.

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          • iwantspeed
            No R3VLimiter
            • Dec 2007
            • 3164

            #6
            When I first bought my e30 I didn't know why that button did and I was messing with everything with the car. When I got home I couldn't roll the windows up. Lol


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            • lowsodium
              Wrencher
              • Dec 2012
              • 289

              #7
              Originally posted by iwantspeed
              When I first bought my e30 I didn't know why that button did and I was messing with everything with the car. When I got home I couldn't roll the windows up. Lol
              Did it originally have anything printed on it? Every picture I found online shows a blank button.
              Haven't you ever seen Russian Nesting Dolls? They work like that.

              1987 325e / 2008 135i

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              • lowsodium
                Wrencher
                • Dec 2012
                • 289

                #8
                Originally posted by lowsodium
                Did it originally have anything printed on it? Every picture I found online shows a blank button.
                Answered my own question...

                Haven't you ever seen Russian Nesting Dolls? They work like that.

                1987 325e / 2008 135i

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                • iwantspeed
                  No R3VLimiter
                  • Dec 2007
                  • 3164

                  #9
                  Originally posted by lowsodium
                  Did it originally have anything printed on it? Every picture I found online shows a blank button.
                  No it was faded and blank


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                  • Simon S
                    No R3VLimiter
                    • Oct 2004
                    • 3758

                    #10
                    Wondering what - then figuring out what that button does is like an e30 owner's right of passage..
                    -----Zen and the Art of e30 Maintenance - / - Zen TOC - / - Zen Summary

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                    • bmw325csi
                      R3V Elite
                      • May 2007
                      • 4045

                      #11
                      How many "weird" buttons do we have on our cars though. Everything is straight forward and simple.
                      harry/harout

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                      • Wschnitz
                        R3V OG
                        • Dec 2011
                        • 8089

                        #12
                        And the winner for the most asked question from new e30 owners is.
                        1989 BMW 325is | 2019 Ford Ranger FX4
                        willschnitz

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                        • Thizzelle
                          R3V Elite
                          • Oct 2008
                          • 4422

                          #13
                          girlfriend calls me other day pissed cuz windows didn't work after dropping off to get convert top inspected. Told her to check fuses then was like wait you see button with red base "yep" push that, much lulz.
                          "I wanna see da boat movie"
                          "I got a tree on my house"

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                          • lowsodium
                            Wrencher
                            • Dec 2012
                            • 289

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Wschnitz
                            And the winner for the most asked question from new e30 owners is.
                            Kinda weird how the other buttons are pretty clean, but just that one is faded. Never had a car with a circuit breaker for the power windows before.
                            Haven't you ever seen Russian Nesting Dolls? They work like that.

                            1987 325e / 2008 135i

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                            • be34st
                              E30 Fanatic
                              • Mar 2010
                              • 1277

                              #15
                              Transformer button. decepticon.

                              07 Designio E63 AMG / 1984 318i (M20Swapped)

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