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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Trucks / October 2005Mystery module
I have a 96 F350 4x4 w/ 5.8L and no air conditioning. While underneath my truck replacing the tie rods, I noticed a module a little smaller than my hand mounted just above and behind the bumper, below the headlight that I couldn't identify anywhere in my Haynes manual. It's got a handful of wires in a rectangular connector and goes to the main harness that runs over the left headlamp, so I wasn't able to connect it to a specific function. What is it? Sounds like the crash module, that's not it's technical name, I forget what it is called technically. Spdloader > I have a 96 F350 4x4 w/ 5.8L and no air conditioning. While underneath > my truck replacing the tie rods, I noticed a module a little smaller than [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > What > is it? > Sounds like the crash module, that's not it's technical name, I forget what > it is called technically. > > Spdloader Air bag sensor? >> I have a 96 F350 4x4 w/ 5.8L and no air conditioning. While underneath >> my truck replacing the tie rods, I noticed a module a little smaller than [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> What >> is it?  SignatureDavid M (dmacchiarolo) http://home.triad.rr.com/redsled T/S 53 sled351 Linux 2.4.18-14 has been up 15 days 12:23 | > Sounds like the crash module, that's not it's technical name, I forget what | > it is called technically. | > | > Spdloader | | Air bag sensor? The truck is an XL, which means there are no extras on it, which means power nothing and vinyl seats and floors. I needed it to transport my then very young family, as I can take a water hose to it when I need to clean it out! The impact switch for the fuel pump is in front of the right passenger door in the usual spot. Anyway, there's no airbags. Nope, I believe it's some sort of crash sensor, but I don't remember what it does. Spdloader >> Sounds like the crash module, that's not it's technical name, I forget >> what [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >>> What >>> is it? air bag sensor be vewwy, vewwwy carefuww awound it E. Fudd > Nope, I believe it's some sort of crash sensor, but I don't remember what it > does. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > >>> What > >>> is it? They're putting sensors on when he has no air bags? If it's a 96, air bags weren't an option, they were a government mandate. He has a driver's side airbag. CJB > They're putting sensors on when he has no air bags? Nope, no air bags. The F350 came from Canada, but to meet US specs it would have to have them installed. Believe me, I've had a couple opportunities to have it blow if I had one..... IIRC, the half ton trucks had a different set of rules, whereas the heavier you got the later you got to implement. | If it's a 96, air bags weren't an option, they were a government mandate. | He has a driver's side airbag. | | CJB | | > They're putting sensors on when he has no air bags? Carl, Get the numbers off of the sensor and call a dealer parts counter. Spdloader > Nope, no air bags. The F350 came from Canada, but to meet US specs it > would have to have them installed. Believe me, I've had a couple [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > | > | > They're putting sensors on when he has no air bags? The module for the daytime running lamps for some models is located in that spot. > Sounds like the crash module, that's not it's technical name, I forget > what it is called technically. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> What >> is it? > I have a 96 F350 4x4 w/ 5.8L and no air conditioning. While underneath > my truck replacing the tie rods, I noticed a module a little smaller than [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > What > is it? It is either the Daytime running light module if you have them or the shunt for your headlights if you don't have DRL's Mike | > I have a 96 F350 4x4 w/ 5.8L and no air conditioning. While underneath | > my truck replacing the tie rods, I noticed a module a little smaller than [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] | | Mike It does have DRL's, being a 96 from Canada. I suspected that was a possibility after finding it in the wiring diagram, but it seemed to me that the connector had more wires than the diagram seemed to imply, although the diagram tends to have option pieces all over the place. |
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