Bought a shift boot from a member recently so I went to install it. After finding out I already have solid base bushings, I also found this little thing that's zip tied to the shifter cage. Anyone have any ideas?

 

whats done to the car?

 

Speed tap for something that needs 12V. What's it wired to?

 

looks like a left over harness from a turbo timer any wires running back towards the ebrake ?

 

Does your car have an aftermarket alarm? It looks like it might be a tilt sensor for an alarm. Follow the wires until they either get to a component or tap into other wires. That mess is definitely not factory.


EDIT: After looking at it some more, it looks like it may be a resistor. Like I said, follow the wires and post up what you find out. I don't think the guys above are seeing the beige block that's zip-tied to the shifter assembly.

 

you would be correct i did not see that beige block on first inspection does not look like any tilt sensor ive ever seen so i think you are on track with the resistor relay or whatever it is.

 

Could it be a 02 sensor defouler? I thought ive seen a write up were you wire in this defouler for the secondary 02 by the shifter box

 

There is evidence that the car previously had an alarm system since the blinking LED is still there and not even hooked up to anything. I don't think this thing is related to the alarm since this block is hooked straight into the harness itself. I can only guess O2 simulator just like you said but even then, SES light comes on with the O2 heater malfunction code popping up every time so I guess it either doesn't work or it's hooked up all wrong.

I'll try to get more pictures up on where it hooks up to in a bit. Just need to eat some dinner.

 

Yeah, it doesn't look like any alarm sensor I've seen, but I've only installed Directed products (makers of Viper, Python, Hornet, and others) so I figured it might be a cheap alarm.

Those defoulers are just resistors. I think we're onto something here.

Just follow the wires into the harness and see what they're tapped into. Once you have those wire colors, pull up a wiring diagram for your car and see what those wires are for.

I'm leaning towards resistor to fool the secondary O2.

 

Well, it is a resistor for the O2 except the wiring is just a hack job. I can do a better job with just a nail clipper and tape. :/

Whatever, took the entire resistor off the car completely, taped the exposed wires up and just need to get 2-3in of cable to reconnect the white wire that was cut while the previous owner tried to just strip it.

 

Wow, that's pretty awful. Good thing you found that before something shorted out. Imagine chasing that short down!

 

Yicks..Whatever it is, the installer did a hack job on the install.....