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  • maddydaddy
    Noobie
    • Dec 2008
    • 17
    #1

    What is this box for?

    I replaced my dash and all gauges with a race dash complete with all aftermarket gauges. There were 3 silver boxes in all buried under the dash. The ECU on the passenger side and a important looking box with lots of wires on the extreme drivers side, but the one that has me perplexed is the small silver box that has about 10 wires coming out of it and weights almost nothing. Seriously, this this could be mailed with a 1st class postage stamp. It says VDO on it, so I'm assuming that it has something to do with the old instrument cluster that my car no longer has, so is it safe to just cut the wires and toss it?

    Thanks in advance for all/any help.

    James Reeser
    89 325ix
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    • george graves
      I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
      • Oct 2003
      • 19985
      #2
      CIA eavesdropping device.
      Originally posted by Matt-B
      hey does anyone know anyone who gets upset and makes electronics?

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        • bernzpeed
          No R3VLimiter
          • Feb 2009
          • 3917
          #3
          cruise control ECU
          Your signature picture has been removed since it contained the Photobucket "upgrade your account" image.
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          89 E30 S52
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          Transaction Feedback.

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            • IRON-E
              I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
              • Dec 2007
              • 16548
              #4
              It's your Continuem Megaflux Transponder, which allows you steer correctly once you have taken your hands off the wheel at 85mph for at least a full minute.


              Fewww, glad I could help bud. :up:
              @IRON-E30 aka Edwin:D

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                • Hick
                  R3V OG
                  • Sep 2005
                  • 6451
                  #5
                  Originally posted by george graves
                  CIA eavesdropping device.


                  Originally posted by vlad
                  Do you know anybody else who built that many bad ass E30s?

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                    • Adrian_Visser
                      R3VLimited
                      • Jun 2006
                      • 2823
                      #6
                      How big is it? I'm thinking ABS control module, or cruise module but isn't it above the steering column?

                      '89 Alpine S52 with goodies

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                        • woodisgood
                          E30 Enthusiast
                          • May 2009
                          • 1087
                          #7
                          Pictar?

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                            • NeoMishMoo
                              E30 Addict
                              • Jul 2009
                              • 448
                              #8
                              Yeah of course, why not just cut the wires and toss it? I had some loose wires hanging under my dash the other day and I just snipped them all out, it looks a lot more clean under there now. I mean I haven't drove it yet but it should be fine right? ... guys?

                              Definitely send a picture, even a crappy cell phone pic is better than nothing. May want to start by following those 10 wires to see where they go, or telling us the color of the wires
                              West German BMWs, they just don't make the same as they did before the wall fell.
                              ^Case in point: Auto-Repair Technology. Everytime my car isn't starting or acting up I let it sit, sometimes for an hour, sometimes for days. But it eventually fixes itself.

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                                • Simon S
                                  No R3VLimiter
                                  • Oct 2004
                                  • 3758
                                  #9
                                  What is this box for?

                                  Originally posted by woodisgood
                                  Pictar?
                                  yeah - pic would really help.

                                  If it says "VDO" on it - and it was mounted in a place above the DME/brain box - then it is for cruise control - in which case, 'cutting' any wires is pretty half-ass. Entire system can be cleanly removed without cutting a single wire - just takes time.
                                  -----Zen and the Art of e30 Maintenance - / - Zen TOC - / - Zen Summary

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                                    • maddydaddy
                                      Noobie
                                      • Dec 2008
                                      • 17
                                      #10
                                      Cruise control computer it is. Out it goes. Thanks!

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