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Old 04-13-2008, 01:50 AM   #1
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Default Found strange box spliced in under dash

I was looking under the dash earlier and came across this weird box spliced into the wiring harness. it has 4 prongs on it and 3 wires going into it, one of the wires is connected to 2 of the prongs. Any idea what this is and why it's there? I'll try to take some better pics tomorrow when lighting is better.






The 3 wires that were cut look like they went into here before...


There is a small diagram on the front of it, I couldn't get a clear pic of it, but it looks like this:


Can I just take this off and solder the 3 wires back together? I know this is kind of a stupid question, but I want to be sure before I go messing with wiring and what not.
There's alot of ghetto wiring done on this car. I also found a plug to hook up to the lights on a trailer spliced into the taillight harness.


I also found a piece of gum, still in wrapper, behind the trim piece






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Old 04-13-2008, 02:13 AM   #2
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Its a relay. Looks like it was wired to your CPU. Maybe part of an aftermarket alarm. Whatever you do DONT wire them all together... Burning wires will ensue.
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Yep, it's an automotive Bosch or "Bosch-type" relay.
Since it goes into the "CPU", I'd imagine they were trying to get the hazards to flash for the alarm?


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