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Old Nov 30, 2013 | 04:10 PM
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As said before, I bought this car in the midst of a project. This is the state the console was in (and still is). What's the orange thing?



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Maybe an aftermarket radio noise supressor - I don't think it's factory.

Whats it hooked up to ?
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Whats it hooked up to ?
Can't answer that. That's all that I found, sitting there just like that.

It has got a wire from it going to the white non GM 3 conductor inline plug, that looks like it might have plugged into an aftermarket radio. I could use my imagination, but just wondered if anyone here had ever seen a contraption like that. There's a wound copper wire coil in there.

Interesting.
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It is a noise suppressor for a radio and not a factory part.... I would remove it..



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It's an aftermarket noise suppressor. It is basically a a capacitor to ground the noise harmlessly. This is usually done when crappy ground is used for the sound system.
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