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by **vr4boy** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 9:57 pm

i was doing a few bits to my ae101 levin today and found a small metal box plugged in under the drivers seat, wondering what it is and what it does. can get a photo tomorrow if need be.

cheers
Dan

by **Grrrrrrr!** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:01 pm

An amp for the better factory stereo option most likely

by **KinLoud** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:13 pm

The amp was always under the passenger seat (with it's exploding then catch on fire capacitors!)

Box under drivers seat... Often there are motorway toll transponders located in this area - automatically debits your account when you drive through the Wangan expressway toll gate at 300kph!

by **sergei** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:14 pm

It is most likely remote central locking receiver.

by **Lurkin** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:28 pm

take a photo of it. anything else is educated guessing.

by **Leon** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:20 am

flux capacitor

by **headshotnz** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:32 am

Leon wrote:flux capacitor

Could be, but they only came out on the rwd turbo ae101 from memory

by **vr4boy** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:18 am

thanks for the help so far, maybe this will help.

by **MR2SIK** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:33 am

Pull it out and see what $&#$% out?
If nothing $&#$% out, then ya got some mean weight saving lol.

by **vr4boy** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:46 am

pulled it out and opened it up if it helps

by **iOnic** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:02 am

If there's a part number on it just fire it into toyodiy. Looks like a factory amp to me but I'm totally basing that on the vague recollection of what mine looked like when I last saw it.

OMG so shiny! · by **Dell'Orto** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:23 am

Random how it has an aerial input though.

by **vr4boy** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:28 am

thats what got me, radio still working fine with it not in there.

by **Grrrrrrr!** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:33 pm

No way si that an amp, and as Kinloud pointined out amp is under passengers seat.

It has an rf module, and plugs into far too many wires on the car loom for it to be electronic tolls, so i'm going with central locking

by **sergei** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:00 pm

It is central locking (radio remote part). Looking at layout and one large micro controller it is definitely not audio. Too many diodes on the connector too (In fact looks like the diodes are there to allow safely pull down, and not fry transistors when something else pulls down)...

by **vr4boy** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:39 pm

sweet im geussing something to do with factory keyless entry then? as its not pluged in and central locking still works off the drivers side button and through my alarm.

by **sergei** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:58 pm

vr4boy wrote:sweet im geussing something to do with factory keyless entry then? as its not pluged in and central locking still works off the drivers side button and through my alarm.

yes, I think so (it is in right location for it too).

by **Kiwi-Corolla** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 5:05 pm

The keyless entry feature was only available as a factory option, which it seems most people didn't opt for because I have never seen a Levin in real-life fitted with that option until now (only seen it in the original sales brochure). If you don't have the original key fob then you may as well just take it out.

by **Lloyd** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 5:56 pm

Or get a key if you want to add random rare factory options onto your AE101

by **blindnz** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:33 pm

Very hard to get a key. I had this in my Ceres and the key. But it never worked and Toyota didn't want to know about it.

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can any one tell me what this is? ae101 levin related.

can any one tell me what this is? ae101 levin related.

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