patd Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Hi Everyone, I removed this from the engine bay firewall, I cannot find it in the repair manual, Do I have to have this? It looks pretty ragged. :confused: Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 How big is that? It doesn't look like a stock part, but more like something home-made. Quote Link to comment
DanielC Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 What was it hooked up to? I do not recall seeing anything like that in any of my three 521 pickups, or the 520 or 320 I used to own. My first thought is that it looks like the Doomsday Machine from the original Star Trek TV show Quote Link to comment
skunk Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 i have no idea but i want that quot on a t shirt. "hey guys i pulled this off my truck. amyone know what is it?" Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Looks like a fuse of some kind, but missing the end plate. Quote Link to comment
greybeard Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 It's the motion detector from an old school car alarm. not a stock part Quote Link to comment
patd Posted January 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 It has a pendulum inside and a contact point on top. Maybe if the truck flips upside down the points close and it shuts off the engine electrics?? The cardboard was falling apart so I just removed some of it Quote Link to comment
datsunaholic Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 ggzilla has it- it's the motion sensor from a car alarm. A very OLD car alarm. The pendulum swings when motion is detected and trips the alarm siren. Quote Link to comment
patd Posted January 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 i have no idea but i want that quot on a t shirt. "hey guys i pulled this off my truck. amyone know what is it?" Ha Ha I like that, so what is it?? :confused: :confused: Quote Link to comment
Phlebmaster Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 ggzilla has it- it's the motion sensor from a car alarm. A very OLD car alarm. The pendulum swings when motion is detected and trips the alarm siren. That was Greybeard who said that. That's what it looks like to me as well. Weird thing to find. :) Quote Link to comment
72240z Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 I think it was at one time a very small cat. Quote Link to comment
patd Posted January 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Well I just did some research and I think that this truck was used in W.W.II here in the States by a spy, He or she would drive around Military bases and get information and then pretend to breakdown, he or she would lift the hood and pretend to be fiddling with something. This device was used for sending radio signals by Morris code back to Toyko. The spy must have forgot to remove it after the wars end. :P Quote Link to comment
TrevDaddy Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 If that is true pat, that is fucking cool. 1st Ratsun spy truck! Quote Link to comment
Z-train Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Well I just did some research and I think that this was truck was used in W.W.II here in the States by a spy, He or she would drive around Military bases and get information and then pretend to breakdown, he or she would lift the hood and pretend to be fiddling with something. This device was used for sending radio signals by Morris code back to Toyko. The spy must have forgot to remove it after the wars end. :P MORRIS code?That cat doesn't have thumbs. :huh: Quote Link to comment
Creepy Cruiser Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Like Greybeard said "motion detector". It actually looks like an original Ungo Box motion sensor from the early 80's, They were state of the art back then. (there's probably only a handful of people on here that have ever even heard of Ungo box. :unsure:) But I love this answer. Well I just did some research and I think that this was truck was used in W.W.II here in the States by a spy, He or she would drive around Military bases and get information and then pretend to breakdown, he or she would lift the hood and pretend to be fiddling with something. This device was used for sending radio signals by Morris code back to Toyko. The spy must have forgot to remove it after the wars end. :P Quote Link to comment
mr68gts Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 ......... and my 76 620 had one on it when my uncle had it. My father removed it back in the 80's since it wasn't working properly when we received the truck from him. Quote Link to comment
Roadracer Al Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Dood, now you've done it! That was the flux capacitor, now you can't get back to the future! Quote Link to comment
AZ_L320 Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Ha ha, that's funny! yep its a "motion" sensor for an alarm as others have mentioned. Brings back memories! I put one on my old 79 620 back in the day! ha..ha.. forgot all about those. Dale - L320 Quote Link to comment
elmerfudpucker Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Havent seen one of those for ages!! Just installed one of the new 2way Compustar remote start about two weeks ago. Thanks for the show and tell, brought back memories! :D Quote Link to comment
slam_dat_sun Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Looks like a mail box to me :blink: Quote Link to comment
Nas Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 "No, you see....you put your weed in there." Quote Link to comment
Steroid Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 Now You have done it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was Your truck's VELOCITIZOR!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
nbesheer Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 I'm going to GUESS it's a motion detector. There is no reasoning behind that guess it's just a guess. Ohhh look what I found in my garage. Quote Link to comment
patd Posted January 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 I'm going to GUESS it's a motion detector. There is no reasoning behind that guess it's just a guess. Ohhh look what I found in my garage. Mine doesn't look anything like that.lol. Yours looks like it is made of metal? I remember that my moms truck had this same motion detector on it from the dealer. But I am pretty sure it was not connected. I know we never used it. Thanks for putting it here for us to see. :cool: Quote Link to comment
greybeard Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 Told ya so..... :fu: Quote Link to comment
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