What is this?
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From: Saint James NY
What is this?
Can anyone tell me what this is? Specifically the little green box and the cylinder below it. It is at the tail end of the instrument panel harness of a 1976 and lives behind the passenger side of the dash.
Your help is appreciated.
Frank
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No - it's not the flasher. Its before the flasher on the harness. The green thing looks like a buzzer but I thought I accounted for all of them. The cylinder has power going to it from the same source that powers the gauges. It also has a ground and those two terminals are shorted causing the fuse to blow when I replace it. I guess I'll remove it, replace the fuse and see what doesn't work.
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Thanks for the link. I've looked at every wiring diagram I could find and it's not on them. Maybe it's an option. There are quite a few things that don't make it to the diagrams. The green box doesn't bother me so I'll bury it. The cylinder I'll remove to see what stopped working. It kinda looks like a fluorescent light starter. Maybe I'll cut it open and see what's in it.
Thanks for the help...
Thanks for the help...
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Funny - thats the same diagram I use. Check out the 76 diagram on page one, right side, 1/4 way down someone changed a wire color from "pink" to "Titty Pink". I wonder how many times that same diagram went around the world and no one noticed....
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No the pic didn't show up, this is how to post pics here. http://forums.corvetteforum.com/help...al-inside.html
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that is the seat belt buzzer and the round cylinder thing you mentiond is the timer for the buzzer.besides the turn signal flasher, i beleive those are the only components on the passenger side of the dash.also a white wire goes to the door ajar switch and the curtesy light.
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that is the seat belt buzzer and the round cylinder thing you mentiond is the timer for the buzzer.besides the turn signal flasher, i beleive those are the only components on the passenger side of the dash.also a white wire goes to the door ajar switch and the curtesy light.