Can someone tell me what this is?

[rmurphy1897]

Ran across this while I was installing a radio in my 96. It's got a battery and fuse wired into it and it's wired into my headlight switch. Anyone know what it is??

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[Old77]

The only thing I know is it looks like a previous owner's hackery

 

[96Z71ECSB]

Receiver for some sort of alarm? You'll might want to trace where the wires go.
It looks like they spliced into the headlight switch to trigger the park lights or headlights.

 

[rmurphy1897]

Receiver for some sort of alarm? You'll might want to trace where the wires go.
It looks like they spliced into the headlight switch to trigger the park lights or headlights.

Yeahh I was thinking it was something to do with an alarm. I just completely removed it from the truck lol

 

[rmurphy1897]

It has some sort of SIM card type thing in it.

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[Old77]

Maybe it was some kind of government listening device

 

[someotherguy]

It will likely have some FCC ID numbers or at least a part # on it; google 'em.

Richard

 

[///RAGMC]

Its a early Lojack tracking device

 

[rmurphy1897]

It was bought from a pawn shop at some point. Guess that might explain lojack

 

[someotherguy]

If it is a tracker (and probably is, based on it having a SIM) it's not likely to be Lojack but some cheapie device. Lojack is supposed to pride themselves on installing in a manner that makes it extremely difficult to find, and I don't think just behind the dash bezel counts.

Richard