In my checks of every connector in the engine bay to find the cause of increasingly frequent no start situations I found a relay like module spliced into the heat protected cable that connects to the gearbox (reverse switch?) and wiring loom just next to the downpipe. Any idea what it is? The car did seem to run without the cable connected but why on earth would someone want to put a module in that connects to a socket on the gearbox? The only connections to the module are ins and outs from the cable it is spliced into - colours white, brown and green.

No electronics mods to engine and I bought the car (an STI V) new so the thing could only be alarm/tracker/reverse or foglight related as far as I know. It was rather crudely taped into the loom so it's not likely to be factory.

[Edited by Eric Chadwick - 7/20/2003 2:26:17 PM]

 

Someone has suggested on the security forum where I also posted this question that it might be the speedo converter. I'd always assumed that this would be inside the dash binnacle but I think he may well be right as the speed sensor itself is probably in the gearbox.

 

speed limiter removal?

David