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Old 06-09-2009, 10:27 PM
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I have a little black bos attacht to the windshield behind my mirror??? anyone know what it is??? thanks Rick
 
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its a rain sensor- it has an infrared red light aimed at the windshield,when it starts raining,in sense's it and turns on
 
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Old 06-09-2009, 11:52 PM
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OK turns on what????
 
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your wipers,here this will help you www.howstuffworks.com/wiper4.htm
 
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Its part of the Compass/Temp. Its a sensor. We don't have rain sensors.
 
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Old 06-10-2009, 07:45 AM
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Cool... I didn't think we had rain sensors.... if we did mine are broke... its been raining its butt off
 
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Old 06-10-2009, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by pearl01stratcpe
Its part of the Compass/Temp.
really? I thought that it was a part of the auto dimming mirror...

my stock rear view mirror doesnt work any more and i was going to remove all of that crap in place of a normal, manual mirror...if i remove that, is my comass/thermometer not going to work properly?
 
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Originally Posted by BadStratRT
really? I thought that it was a part of the auto dimming mirror...

my stock rear view mirror doesnt work any more and i was going to remove all of that crap in place of a normal, manual mirror...if i remove that, is my comass/thermometer not going to work properly?
Now that you mention it, Im not sure. Ill scan through the service manual and look for the electrical diagram. I totally forgot about the auto dimming mirror.
 
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Old 06-10-2009, 05:28 PM
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OK, its the compass.
http://tearstone.com/eclipsefsm/70.PDF
Page 15, diagram "Z"
 
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I think the mirror is self contained... only the wires going to it... my vote the compass/temp
 
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