Parts falling out from under dashboard - Black-box

So a little black-box with a circuit board inside fell onto the floor
today. It appears to have been duct-taped up under the dash, but
wasn't connected to the plug-in wire thingy leading to god knows
where.

Any thoughts or suggestions on what I should do with it? What's it
for?

JP
****************
Googling...

I assume its a jeep vehicle...if so it's the intermittent wiper controller.
If you don't want intermittent wipers sell it on ebay for ~$50.

--
HomeBrewer

"Jay Pique" > wrote in message
...
> So a little black-box with a circuit board inside fell onto the floor
> today. It appears to have been duct-taped up under the dash, but
> wasn't connected to the plug-in wire thingy leading to god knows
> where.
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions on what I should do with it? What's it
> for?
>
> JP
> ****************
> Googling...

Global Positioning System and transmitter.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

Jay Pique wrote:
>
> So a little black-box with a circuit board inside fell onto the floor
> today. It appears to have been duct-taped up under the dash, but
> wasn't connected to the plug-in wire thingy leading to god knows
> where.
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions on what I should do with it? What's it
> for?
>
> JP
> ****************
> Googling...

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:27:08 -0800, L.W.(ßill) Hughes III
> wrote:

> Global Positioning System and transmitter.

Hehehe.... That's sort of what I was hoping for! In any event, it's
not the intermittent wiper controller because those still work. What
doesn't work is the cruise control. Could that be it?

JP
************
Rookie.


> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/
>
>Jay Pique wrote:
>>
>> So a little black-box with a circuit board inside fell onto the floor
>> today. It appears to have been duct-taped up under the dash, but
>> wasn't connected to the plug-in wire thingy leading to god knows
>> where.
>>
>> Any thoughts or suggestions on what I should do with it? What's it
>> for?
>>
>> JP
>> ****************
>> Googling...

Maybe, if your wife had her private investigator install that, too.
Out side of some really cheap radio shop installers, duck tape's not
used.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

Jay Pique wrote:
>
> Hehehe.... That's sort of what I was hoping for! In any event, it's
> not the intermittent wiper controller because those still work. What
> doesn't work is the cruise control. Could that be it?
>
> JP
> ************
> Rookie.

The intermittend wiper control on my 1990 Cherokee has a plug in each end.

A more likly candidate could be the box that controls the warning light for
emission. It is normal to unplug this when the light comes on. Difficult to
reset :-)

But this all depends on year and model I guess. On newer cars I would guess
that this gizmo is computer controlled.

regards
Odd-Inge


"Jay Pique" > wrote in message
...
> So a little black-box with a circuit board inside fell onto the floor
> today. It appears to have been duct-taped up under the dash, but
> wasn't connected to the plug-in wire thingy leading to god knows
> where.
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions on what I should do with it? What's it
> for?
>
> JP
> ****************
> Googling...

Actually Bill, AMC 'did' use a whole bunch of 'duct tape' when they
built the Jeeps I have seen. It is used on some under dash parts and on
the wiring harness all over in places like the resistor wire's crimp
connectors and stuff.

I thought I was seeing 'custom' wiring until I saw the 3rd or 4th the
same way.

I don't know where the cruise module is on the OP's mystery Jeep, but on
the CJ's they were on the side of the steering column under the dash on
top of the emission maintenance timer box. It could be either of those
maybe but a box size might help and a type of Jeep.....

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

"L.W.(ßill) Hughes III" wrote:
>
> Maybe, if your wife had her private investigator install that, too.
> Out side of some really cheap radio shop installers, duck tape's not
> used.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> http://www.billhughes.com/
>
> Jay Pique wrote:
> >
> > Hehehe.... That's sort of what I was hoping for! In any event, it's
> > not the intermittent wiper controller because those still work. What
> > doesn't work is the cruise control. Could that be it?
> >
> > JP
> > ************
> > Rookie.

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:00:04 -0500, Mike Romain >
wrote:

>Actually Bill, AMC 'did' use a whole bunch of 'duct tape' when they
>built the Jeeps I have seen. It is used on some under dash parts and on
>the wiring harness all over in places like the resistor wire's crimp
>connectors and stuff.
>
>I thought I was seeing 'custom' wiring until I saw the 3rd or 4th the
>same way.
>
>I don't know where the cruise module is on the OP's mystery Jeep, but on
>the CJ's they were on the side of the steering column under the dash on
>top of the emission maintenance timer box. It could be either of those
>maybe but a box size might help and a type of Jeep.....

It's just over an inch thick, and is roughly 6 inches square. It
pulls apart into 2 halves (each 6 inches square) to reveal a circuit
board with two small adjustable dials (Low Speed and Centering
Adjustment) and similarly sized white one kitty-corner from the first
two (Sensitivity Adjustment). Could this be a power braking thingy
for towing trailers?

JP



>
>Mike
>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
>"L.W.(ßill) Hughes III" wrote:
>>
>> Maybe, if your wife had her private investigator install that, too.
>> Out side of some really cheap radio shop installers, duck tape's not
>> used.
>> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>> http://www.billhughes.com/
>>
>> Jay Pique wrote:
>> >
>> > Hehehe.... That's sort of what I was hoping for! In any event, it's
>> > not the intermittent wiper controller because those still work. What
>> > doesn't work is the cruise control. Could that be it?
>> >
>> > JP
>> > ************
>> > Rookie.

That's definitely the cruise control box - it sounds just like the one
that was in my '82 AMC concord.

-jdarg

Jay Pique wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:00:04 -0500, Mike Romain
>
> wrote:
>
> >Actually Bill, AMC 'did' use a whole bunch of 'duct tape' when they
> >built the Jeeps I have seen. It is used on some under dash parts
and on
> >the wiring harness all over in places like the resistor wire's crimp
> >connectors and stuff.
> >
> >I thought I was seeing 'custom' wiring until I saw the 3rd or 4th
the
> >same way.
> >
> >I don't know where the cruise module is on the OP's mystery Jeep,
but on
> >the CJ's they were on the side of the steering column under the dash
on
> >top of the emission maintenance timer box. It could be either of
those
> >maybe but a box size might help and a type of Jeep.....
>
> It's just over an inch thick, and is roughly 6 inches square. It
> pulls apart into 2 halves (each 6 inches square) to reveal a circuit
> board with two small adjustable dials (Low Speed and Centering
> Adjustment) and similarly sized white one kitty-corner from the first
> two (Sensitivity Adjustment). Could this be a power braking thingy
> for towing trailers?
>
> JP
>
>
>
> >
> >Mike
> >86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> >88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> >"L.W.(=DFill) Hughes III" wrote:
> >>
> >> Maybe, if your wife had her private investigator install
that, too.
> >> Out side of some really cheap radio shop installers, duck tape's
not
> >> used.
> >> God Bless America, =DFill O|||||||O
> >> http://www.billhughes.com/
> >>
> >> Jay Pique wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hehehe.... That's sort of what I was hoping for! In any event,
it's
> >> > not the intermittent wiper controller because those still work.
What
> >> > doesn't work is the cruise control. Could that be it?
> >> >
> >> > JP
> >> > ************
> >> > Rookie.