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Interior is out, removing excess that is not needed. I have been tracing every wire down to remove everything from the component to the fuse box and back. However, I have no idea what these are and I am having trouble finding them on diagrams.
This is running along the transmission tunnel next to the Passenger seat.
From: Jacksonville, FL (originally from Toronto Canada)
That last one is the DRL module. It controls the DRLs, auto headlights and front turn signals. With manual transmission it also controls hatch release based on parking brake being set. You will have to do some splicing if you want to eliminate that module or you won't have front turn signals.
From: Jacksonville, FL (originally from Toronto Canada)
Originally Posted by danheller88
I believe this is the power window control module?
Yes, if you found it in a pocket on the firewall just above the transmission tunnel (behind the center console) then it is the one-touch express down module for the driver's window.
That last one is the DRL module. It controls the DRLs, auto headlights and front turn signals. With manual transmission it also controls hatch release based on parking brake being set. You will have to do some splicing if you want to eliminate that module or you won't have front turn signals.
I am trying to remove everything from the car besides the essentials. Head lights/tail lights, turn signals, gauge cluster, windows, and maybe power locks? I would consider deleting the BCM if it is practical.
From: Jacksonville, FL (originally from Toronto Canada)
If that third wire is brown (hard to tell on my screen but orange, purple, brown, black would be the four wires) then yes it would be the rear defogger switch connector.
From: Jacksonville, FL (originally from Toronto Canada)
The two in the first couple of photos are the console power outlet (2-pin with orange and black wires) and the traction control switch (6-pin connector with only five wires - purple/white, brown, grey, brown/white and black/white). That would make your car a Firebird since Camaros have that switch above the radio (you didn't specify).
The two in the first couple of photos are the console power outlet (2-pin with orange and black wires) and the traction control switch (6-pin connector with only five wires - purple/white, brown, grey, brown/white and black/white). That would make your car a Firebird since Camaros have that switch above the radio (you didn't specify).
Where does this traction contrl switch connector connect to? I cant seem to find it thanks.
From: Jacksonville, FL (originally from Toronto Canada)
The brown/white and purple/white go to the Electronic Brake Control Module mounted along the left frame rail in the engine compartment. The others go to power (GAUGES fuse), ground, and illumination (grey wire to dimmer circuit).
I am trying to remove everything from the car besides the essentials. Head lights/tail lights, turn signals, gauge cluster, windows, and maybe power locks? I would consider deleting the BCM if it is practical.
If you want to keep power locks then you can't delete the BCM as it handles those, unless you want to rewire them. Other things go through the BCM as well so I'm not sure how easy it would be to delete it.
From: Jacksonville, FL (originally from Toronto Canada)
Exactly. The other things are interior (courtesy) lights, hatch release, retained accessory power (power to windows and stereo), alarm system/keyless entry, various warning lights and chimes, and of course VATS.
That is the Class 2 bus splice pack. Pin 2 from the DLC, the PCM, the cluster, the EBCM and the air bag module all tie together here. Comes in handy when you have module communication problems. If you needed to isolate a module for troubleshooting, you'd unplug the splice pack and jump a wire from the module you want to attempt to talk to with the scan tool to the purple wire, which goes to Pin 2 at the DLC.
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