what the hell are these???

[jaidedeye]

ok so im putting my dash in my car and i notice two things that dont look right. there is some sort of small 12v orange battery connected to a silver box via a black and a red wire, the battery is also hooked to the wires that go to the glove box light....this silver thing that is connected to it has a white wire coming out of it and the white wire i can trace it and it goes up into the A-pillar......what the hell are these things and do i need em?

here are some pics.....

 

[FrdMustangCpe]

i have no clue. would it be a backup battery for an alarm?

 

[jaidedeye]

i dont know...it doesnt look stock though

 

[393Bird]

Its a tracking device that your wife had installed

 

[jaidedeye]

lol.....damn.....thats funny

anyone else......??

 

[jaidedeye]

ttt

 

[cardudeusa]

Never seen them before, I'm interested in finding out what they are.

 

[shallto]

It looks kind of like the alarm that was in my 92 stang. I think it was a pro lock or somthing.

 

[jaidedeye]

well what should i do disconnect all of it and see what happens? maybe ill trace the wire even further.......

 

[seijirou]

yeah man defanently just trace it untill it ends.

 

[jaidedeye]

yeah it looks like some shade tree mechanic **** the previous owner did. im the second owner of the car.

doesnt tie into the the main harness or anything...hmmmmm..

 

[iwashmycar]

Probably an alarm. The white wire in the A-pillar could simply be an antennae for the transmitter, if it doesn't go to anything. The battery could def be for backup....

-Adam

 

[jaidedeye]

im ripping that bad boy out....amaizing what you find in a 14 year old car......

ive found like 20 feet of speaker wire, rca cables and other crap under the dash, under the door trim.....i think the dude before me could not decide on his stereo or something. and its all ghetto rigged too. at least he never screwed with the original factory harnesses.....

 

[Papageof]

Looks like a bomb to me! The taliban been near your car lately?

 

[Daggar]

What ever you do.... DON'T CUT THE RED WIRE! Bwaaaaahahahhaa!

 

[xxxCadillacxxx]

Whatever it is you should sell it on ebay.

My notch had a the most awesome security system in it i ever saw. The ing wire on the colum was cut and the 2 ends were clear taped to wires that lead to a small box mounted under the dash. the 2 wires poked through holes in the little box. There was a key hole in the front of the box ( really just a slot) and there was a special "key" that you put in to be able to start the car. All the key did was complete the circut. I wish i had of taken pics, it was so ghetto.

 

[MUSTANGJOE]

I thing its the stock amp for the radio. Or its some kind of flex compasiter!lol

 

[mustangt562]

investigate that NOW

I would hate for you to get pulled over and a police dog sniffs it out to be a brick of heroin or something

 

[red93fox]

have you gone over 80mph and had your tires catch on fire and then suddenly find yourself in the past? happened to me once...

 

[NosPony]

Its not stock what u took out i have had all my interior out of both of my cars and have never found either of the things you are holding