what is this?

Posted By: Alex Akachinskiy

what is this? - August 19, 2015 03:39 pm UTC

Hey guys,
Need help figuring out what those rusty things are:

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I deleted my 20 year old not working ABS module and ^ was sitting right next to it. I tried looking up CAPS but did not find answer i was looking for.

here is the ABS module that was removed. When i first purchased my DSM it had ABS light on. The driver side had cracked splash shield so it allowed all the water/salt to enter into ABS module and sensors around it. This thing looks bad.
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Posted By: Paul Sitarski

Re: what is this? - August 19, 2015 03:47 pm UTC

I think one of them is the drl module.
Posted By: Bryan Lawrence

Re: what is this? - August 19, 2015 03:51 pm UTC

Any markings on either?
Posted By: Alex Akachinskiy

Re: what is this? - August 19, 2015 03:56 pm UTC

Originally Posted by Paul Sitarski
I think one of them is the drl module.


Look like you are correct, the lower box circled in red should be the DRL module. Somehow it still works lol. I'll try to clean it up.

Originally Posted by Bryan Lawrence
Any markings on either?


probably some marking should be on the upper one because its plastic made. I can check when i get home after work
Posted By: EK

Re: what is this? - August 20, 2015 03:07 am UTC

High beam relay. Its that annoying box that you need to replace when your blue high beam light is on the dash but your high beams dont work. Dumb place for it.

Unless I'm wrong. Its been a while since i replaced mine
Posted By: Guillaume Berton

Re: what is this? - August 20, 2015 03:21 am UTC

Since it looks like you're doing it, how hard is it to do the ABS delete? Always thought of doing it seeing as mine won't see bad weather...ever (especially since it's in the garage all the time :p)
Posted By: Alex Akachinskiy

Re: what is this? - August 20, 2015 01:55 pm UTC

Originally Posted by Eric Kellar
High beam relay. Its that annoying box that you need to replace when your blue high beam light is on the dash but your high beams dont work. Dumb place for it.

Unless I'm wrong. Its been a while since i replaced mine


Looks like that finished last piece of the puzzle. Thanks Eric


Originally Posted by Guillaume Berton
Since it looks like you're doing it, how hard is it to do the ABS delete? Always thought of doing it seeing as mine won't see bad weather...ever (especially since it's in the garage all the time :p)


With engine out of the way it's easy to do. The only reason i did it is because i upgraded front brakes to Brembo and larger 3G master and booster plus my ABS never worked anyway for reasons described above.
Posted By: Alex Akachinskiy

Re: what is this? - August 22, 2015 06:36 pm UTC

Originally Posted by Alex Akachinskiy
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So I could not close my splash shield and leave ^ behind. So i gave it some treatment with wheel brush and por15 so i could sleep better lol

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I used tiny sheets of fiberglass to reinforce rusted areas on DRL housing. Hopefully this buy me some time until i find proper replacement.
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