Unidentified object under dash
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#1 Unidentified object under dash
Hi all -anyone know what this yellow device is? Photo is reference shot prior to stripping down, I’m now re assembling and am yet to learn its purpose! Any thoughts would be appreciated can’t find anything on it!
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#2 Re: Unidentified object under dash
Small UFO?
Air-freshener?
Air-freshener?
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#3 Re: Unidentified object under dash
It is a guess, but it looks to me as though it could be one of those anti-theft devices which emits a loud ( in fact deafening ) screeching noise . It is worth trying to trace those two wires back to their source
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#4 Re: Unidentified object under dash
Not factory whatever it is.
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#5 Re: Unidentified object under dash
it looks like a horn button
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#6 Re: Unidentified object under dash
Warning buzzer for lights left on?
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#7 Re: Unidentified object under dash
Thanks guys. On the wiring, looks like one side goes to purple black which I think is dash lights (not checked diagram just seem to remember this being the case). And the other to earth so looks like footwell light, although the weirdest one I’ve ever seen!
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#8 Re: Unidentified object under dash
Cancel that it’s not dash lights purple black is horn related, but I don’t think it’s the button it certainly doesn’t depress or switch as far as I can tell. Might just get rid and move on..
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#9 Re: Unidentified object under dash
Another one of the joys of car restoration--trying to decipher some previous owner's "better idea." If it's not a horn button, I would remove it from the car, place it on the bench, and put 12v through it to see what happens. It'll do one or all of three things: light up, smoke, or just sit there.
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#10 Re: Unidentified object under dash
If it's connected to the horn then it could be an alarm trembler.
That said, it looks like an air freshener I can recall from 30 odd years ago. Can't remember it having any electrical connections though.
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That said, it looks like an air freshener I can recall from 30 odd years ago. Can't remember it having any electrical connections though.
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#11 Re: Unidentified object under dash
Must be a early version of plug in perfumes! Not heard of an alarm trembler, what’s it purpose?
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It's a GPS wife tracker
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#13 Re: Unidentified object under dash
An alarm trembler is a device that senses movement of the car and sounds an alarm. Popular back in the day before modern PIR type motion sensors. They often employed mercury switches, not very politically correct these days. Some used a steel ball.
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