Resolved Anyone know what this black box is?

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Looking for someone to ID this box. Is hooked up in my foxbody

 

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Have you followed the wires? Do they link up with ECU?

 

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89ripper said:

Have you followed the wires? Do they link up with ECU?

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I haven’t a lot of the wires go to the ignition switch box thing near the steering wheel

 

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Whats your ecu look like? Have you checked it at the kick panel?

 

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Car details??

 

General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

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My first thought, after seeing the last pic, plug an old house fone into it.
of course my second thought was don't miss a car payment, that may be a tracker/disabler like the 'buy-here pay-here car lot used to use.
definitely don't look like a Ford part

 

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AeroCoupe

lube between the nut and the face. I know my lubes

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Open it up. My guess is some kind of anti-theft device like a lojack.

 

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With an Ethernet port it could be some kind of audio box. I installed a stereo in my Tacoma and my bass knob uses an Ethernet/RJ-45 connector.

 

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I’m wondering if it is part of the audio system, not factory of course. Maybe an old Bluetooth transmitter?

 

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With “a lot of the wires go to the ignition switch box thing near the steering wheel” I keep coming back to some kind of anti theft device or possibly a remote start module. I installed a lot of car audio back in the early 2000’s and never saw anything like that.

 

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It has those grey, communications colored cables, and maybe those very small gauge wires? I’m betting either an upgrade on the stereo for Bluetooth components or alarm system component.

 

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Remnants of a "Blow n Go"?

 

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You made me go look up interlock installations and sure enough I think that’s the winner.

 

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Tas_Jak said:

Looking for someone to ID this box. Is hooked up in my foxbody

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Last edited: Sep 7, 2024