In my maintenance travels, I ran across these things and have no idea what they are.

The first is some type of electrical cube (a relay of some type?) mounted on my fresh air box shroud in the front trunk:

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The second is some type of switch mounted under the steering column:

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When it was new, the original owner did have an aftermarket alarm system installed at one point.

Any ideas?

Hard to tell from the pic but the first one could be some sort of after market windshield washer pump... maybe the button was the squirter switch????

mine has some big ugly orange rocker switch from the PO...one of these days I'll take it out!

btw...Andy wants his camera back...

Yes to the washer pump. Mine came with a pump mounted under the tank, and a foot operated switch mounted on the pedal board. Still works great.

Follow the wire from the pump and see where it goes. My guess is to the switch under the steering column.....

BTW...does anyone know when the wiper switch went from the dash -'70- ? to the steering column?

I have a dash mounted intermittant wiper switch that I sell. It has a delay from about 2 to 16 seconds, low, and high speed. Push the knob in and you get 12 volts for the washer pump......Have one in my '74 conversion and it works great.....

If you haven't tried pressing the button, do it while not sitting in the car in case it's the infamous ejection seat button.

Or it could be the James Bond oil smoke screen button. Mine has one but I haven't found it yet and I think the button is stuck on...

as I am now wiping the coffee off of my monitor!

yah -- laziness (cell camera) usually wins over quality (point+shoot) when it comes to these types of pics...

I'll try following the wires around some more, if it still actually works, maybe i'll try and get the wiring sorted a little better. For now, i'm going to wait for the latest round of cuts on my hands to heal from my last voyage through my interior...

I wonder what other fun surprises lie in store as i continue to explore this car! So far i found about 45 cents and a hershey kiss that predated me i think.

Since it leads into the fresh air system, maybe it powers a squirter to spray air freshener into the ducts. You know to cover up the smell of ... well either the air comming into the cabin or the vapor comming off the occupants.

Good God your all wrong!!! The box is the famous "Flux Capactior " the switch is for it.

Don't forget you activate it while driveing flat out across a parking lot towards

The Town Hall with the clock in it,s tower. Let us know where you land????

Dave

Sorry Dave, It's a turboincabulator.

a cabin fart evacuator. the ultimate wife-friendly accessory

under the steering column may be a kill/no-start switch anti-theft 1970's//.,./

........ ....Hopefully near the lady in the good barber's avatar
make sure the top's off! LOL

I have figured it out....some Alfa Head has stolen Andy's camera!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1974-Alfa-R...ht_23903wt_1165

No it's his first camera the second one is better than that.