What is this?
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Racer
Joined: Jul 2006
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What is this?
This is under the dashboard connected to the brake pedal switch. the blue connectors look too new for 1971.
http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/v...ecapacitor.jpg
http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/v...ecapacitor.jpg
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2004
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From: roanoke va
It is factory. I think it was some type of noise supressor.
My 72 had one in it and the replacement harness I got used from here on the forum had one also. Both were in the same place and the same connectors.
My 72 had one in it and the replacement harness I got used from here on the forum had one also. Both were in the same place and the same connectors.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Mar 2001
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From: Ann Arbor Michigan
My 71' had it also. It is a noise suppressor for the radio. It eliminates the click in the speaker every time you apply the brake. Obviously a quick "running change".
Drifting
Joined: May 2002
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From: Sacramento California
That is a capacitor for the brake lights, that was mostly used on the C-2's, someone added it later on.
They sell them here http://www.parts123.com/parts123/yb....P26.80~~~~~~~F
They sell them here http://www.parts123.com/parts123/yb....P26.80~~~~~~~F
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Instructor
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 119
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From: Cottonwood Heights UT
Unfortunately, my mind is hazy to the dash-area wiring of the vette since the last wiring I'd done was for the Jeep from front to back. I doubt it's factory installed. Perhaps done with a recall by a dealer or an addition, but definitely an afterthought.
Instructor
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 199
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From: Suffern NY
My unrestored 70 has this as well. Either this was a factory install (or a dealer installed fix for a recall) because the connectors and capacitor are identical on all of our cars.
If this was a popular after market modification back in the 70's, I'd expect variation in the connectors used. The appearance is too consistent for anything but a factory installed or supplied device.
If this was a popular after market modification back in the 70's, I'd expect variation in the connectors used. The appearance is too consistent for anything but a factory installed or supplied device.
Navigator
Joined: Mar 2009
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I didn't think so either. And they're called Scotch-locks, or Scotch-loks, or something like that!!
