Can you id this part?

it does look like an airbag computer, but it doesn't look like the ones for
a miata, or at least it is incomplete. a quick search on ebay lets you see
pictures of what airbag computers for the miata looks like.

"Chuck" > wrote in message
...
> Since no one cared to speculate, based upon the connector shape, I'm
> guessing that it might be the ABS controller.
> "pws" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I am 99% certain that this came off of a miata, probably from under the
>> dash. Before I go digging for part numbers, does anyone recognize what
>> it is?
>>
>> http://img.inkfrog.com/pix/pat/miatapart.jpg
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Pat
>
>

Johnny Phenothiazine wrote:

> Brings to mind Clifford Simak's 1944 story _Desertion._ It takes place
> in orbit around, and upon, the planet Jupiter. Human volunteers have
> themselves technologically transformed into a native Jupiterian
> life-form called "lopers," and are sent down to the surface of Jupiter
> to explore, but one and all disappear without a trace.
>
> > "Just wanted to tell you, Miss Stanley, to get ready for
> > two more."
> >
> > "Aren't you afraid," asked Miss Stanley, "that you'll run
> > out of them? Sending one at a time, they'd last longer,
> > give you twice the satisfaction."
> >
> > "One of them," said Fowler, "will be a dog."
> >
> > "A dog!"
> >
> > "Yes, Towser."
> >
> > He heard the quick, cold rage that iced her voice. "Your
> > own dog! He's been with you all these years-"
> >
> > "That's the point," said Fowler. "Towser would be unhappy
> > if I left him behind."
> >
> > ...
> >
> > Suddenly he was aware of Towser, intensely aware of the
> > bumbling, eager friendliness of the shaggy animal that had
> > followed him from Earth to many planets. As if the thing
> > that was Towser had reached out and for a moment sat
> > within his brain.
> >
> > And out of the bubbling welcome that he sensed, came words.
> >
> > "Hiya, pal."
> >
> > Not words, really, better than words. Thought symbols in
> > his brain, communicated thought symbols that had shades of
> > meaning words could never have.
> >
> > "Hiya, Towser," he said.
> >
> > "I feel good," said Towser. "Like I was a pup. Lately
> > I've been feeling pretty punk. Legs stiffening up on me
> > and teeth wearing down to almost nothing. Hard to mumble a
> > bone with teeth like that. Besides, the fleas give me Hell.
> > Used to be I never paid muych attention to them. A couple
> > of fleas more or less never meant much in my early days."
> >
> > "But... but -" Fowler's thoughts tumbled awkwardly. "You're
> > talking to me!"
> >
> > "Sure thing," said Towser. "I alwayds talked to you, but
> > you couldn't hear me. I tried to say things to you, but I
> > never made the grade."
> >
> > "I undertsood you sometimes," Fowler said.
> >
> > "Not very well," said Towser. "You knew when I wanted food
> > and when I wanted a drink and when I wanted out, but that's
> > about all you ever managed."
> >
> > "I'm sorry," Fowler said.
> >
> > "Forget it," Towser said. "I'll race you to the cliff."
> >
> > ...
> >
> > "We got a lot to do and a lot to see," said Towser. "We got
> > a lot to learn."
> >
> > Yes, they could find things. Civilizations, perhaps.
> > Civilizations that would make the civilization of man seem
> > puny in comparison. Beauty and more important - an
> > understanding of that beauty. And a comradeship no one had
> > ever known before - that no man, no dog had ever known before.
> >
> > And life. The quickness of life after what seemed a drugged
> > existence.
> >
> > "I can't go back," said Fowler.
> >
> > "Nor I," said Towser.
> >
> > "They would turn me back into a dog," said Towser.
> >
> > "And me," said Fowler, "back into a man."
>
> yrs jp

I have never heard of that one, I'll have to check it out.
With very few exceptions, my favorite science fiction was written
between about 1940 and 1960, and Simak is one of my favorites.

Pat

Christopher Muto wrote:
> it does look like an airbag computer, but it doesn't look like the ones for
> a miata, or at least it is incomplete. a quick search on ebay lets you see
> pictures of what airbag computers for the miata looks like.

My 99% positive that it came from the 1990 miata just went way down.
That miata did not have ABS.
Also, did Mitsubishi make any of the electronics for the Mazda Miata?

I also found a distributor for an 8 cylinder in with the Miata parts,
and I have never owned an 8 cylinder, so I have a new mystery to figure
out.
Hmmmmm.....

Pat

pws wrote:

> My 99% positive that it came from the 1990 miata just went way down.
> That miata did not have ABS.

Oh crap, ABS, airbag, whatever. My mind is going to mush faster than
Chris D.
Where is he anyway?

> Also, did Mitsubishi make any of the electronics for the Mazda Miata?

Still wondering about this.

Pat

airbag or abs, the pictures of items for the miata on sale on ebay don't
look like this animal.
it looks similar to the miata airbag computer but the ones i have seen have
another part attached with seem integrated into the shell.
i think the op could figure it out by browsing airbag and abs computer
listings on ebay until one shows up.

"pws" > wrote in message
...
> pws wrote:
>
>> My 99% positive that it came from the 1990 miata just went way down. That
>> miata did not have ABS.
>
> Oh crap, ABS, airbag, whatever. My mind is going to mush faster than Chris
> D.
> Where is he anyway?
>
>> Also, did Mitsubishi make any of the electronics for the Mazda Miata?
>
> Still wondering about this.
>
> Pat
>

Christopher Muto wrote:
> airbag or abs, the pictures of items for the miata on sale on ebay don't
> look like this animal.
> it looks similar to the miata airbag computer but the ones i have seen have
> another part attached with seem integrated into the shell.
> i think the op could figure it out by browsing airbag and abs computer
> listings on ebay until one shows up.

Thanks Chris, I am the OP, but I am not sure how to browse Ebay
auctions..... ;-)

I'll figure out what it is one of these days. It's probably some part
that the factory charges $300.00 for, whatever it is.

Pat

heck, this thread has become so long i forogt who posted it. perhaps it
came from the same care that v8 distributor you have
the na01 marking certainly makes it apprear that is would be a miata part
but who knows.
just search ebay for "abs computer" or "airbag computer" and then look at
each listing one by one... tedious, but where else can you get such specific
information of a part and picture? the part numbers themselves do not
return any results from google. if it isn't one of those two computers then
what else could it possibly be?

"pws" > wrote in message
...
> Christopher Muto wrote:
>> airbag or abs, the pictures of items for the miata on sale on ebay don't
>> look like this animal.
>> it looks similar to the miata airbag computer but the ones i have seen
>> have another part attached with seem integrated into the shell.
>> i think the op could figure it out by browsing airbag and abs computer
>> listings on ebay until one shows up.
>
> Thanks Chris, I am the OP, but I am not sure how to browse Ebay
> auctions..... ;-)
>
> I'll figure out what it is one of these days. It's probably some part that
> the factory charges $300.00 for, whatever it is.
>
> Pat

i figured it out...
it is a 90-97 cruise control module.

"Christopher Muto" > wrote in message
news:OF9ah.11727$LH2.7403@trndny04...
> heck, this thread has become so long i forogt who posted it. perhaps it
> came from the same care that v8 distributor you have
> the na01 marking certainly makes it apprear that is would be a miata part
> but who knows.
> just search ebay for "abs computer" or "airbag computer" and then look at
> each listing one by one... tedious, but where else can you get such
> specific information of a part and picture? the part numbers themselves
> do not return any results from google. if it isn't one of those two
> computers then what else could it possibly be?
>
> "pws" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Christopher Muto wrote:
>>> airbag or abs, the pictures of items for the miata on sale on ebay don't
>>> look like this animal.
>>> it looks similar to the miata airbag computer but the ones i have seen
>>> have another part attached with seem integrated into the shell.
>>> i think the op could figure it out by browsing airbag and abs computer
>>> listings on ebay until one shows up.
>>
>> Thanks Chris, I am the OP, but I am not sure how to browse Ebay
>> auctions..... ;-)
>>
>> I'll figure out what it is one of these days. It's probably some part
>> that the factory charges $300.00 for, whatever it is.
>>
>> Pat
>
>

Christopher Muto wrote:
> i figured it out...
> it is a 90-97 cruise control module.

Thanks Chris, you just did some work for me. How much do you charge? :-)

This will let me finally sell the cruise control from the 1990 model, as
well as quickly identify the module that is still in my 1996 model.

To sell it as a complete system, I know that I would need to include
this module, the cruise control unit itself, and the switch. Are there
any parts to the cruise control system that I am not thinking of?

These should do fairly well, especially the one from the 1996 model.
People seem to like the OEM cruise controls, I know that the one in my
1996 "M" edition worked great.

Thanks again,

Pat

pws > wrote in
:

> People seem to like the OEM cruise controls, I know that
> the one in my 1996 "M" edition worked great.

I don't like the early (1992) cruise control. If you stop or go below
25mph you cannot resume the previous speed, you have to reset it. It's
unlike any other cruise control I've ever used and it's very annoying!

Does the 1996 work the same way?