Re: Mysterious yellow box

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

This would be aftermarket cruise control.

>While checking on my clutch cable, I noticed a yellow box under my dash.
>It's about 4"x3"x1" and refes to itself as a "regulator".  It had many 
>wires
>connected to it, and had three adjustments on the outside of it.  They were
>labled "sensitivity adj." "center adjst." and I think "S.W. adj.".  The
>regulator is made by Dana.  The box was tucked up under the dash just
>outboard of the steering column, and I couldn't really see whre the wires
>were going to (just disappeared behind the fuse panel).  Does anyone know
>what this thing might be?  I just got this car and it has a lot of
>aftermarket stuff on it, so I'm guessing this is some modification I am
>unfamiliar with.  There was a red wire with an inline fuse holder that had
>no fuse in it, so whatever it is I'm guessing it isn't working.  Car has no
>power locks and came with no alarm remote.  the box is plastic and very
>lightweight, so I don't think it could be an amplifier.  It has several
>connections on it that seemed to be made using sotock 2-pin connections and
>multi-pin connections, so maybe it is replacing something?  The only thing
>electrical that acts funny on the car is the non-functional rear wiper, but
>that's hardly something that would have 15 or more wires involved in
>controlling it.
>
>Any guesses?
>
>Sincerely;
>Brian Haygood
>
>'87 Scirocco 16v
>
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