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Can anyone identify what these thing are? Can I discontinue/ delete them? The smaller thing reminds me of an early voltage regulator. It sparks when grounded. I bothered it plugs into a broken thing. The other gizmo broke when I was working on cluster. Car is a 74 Duster Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

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Looks like you need to get a wiring diagram, mymopar.com.

Trace out the wire colors and connectors and you will answer your own question
 
Looks like you need to get a wiring diagram, mymopar.com.

Trace out the wire colors and connectors and you will answer your own question
I'd still like to know if I can safely delete them. Looks like a bunch of stuff....... I have reviewed the diagrams before. I'll try again. Thank you!
 
My point is once you know what they are and what they attach to you will have a better idea if you can eliminate them.
 
Can anyone identify what these thing are? Can I discontinue/ delete them? The smaller thing reminds me of an early voltage regulator. It sparks when grounded. I bothered it plugs into a broken thing. The other gizmo broke when I was working on cluster. Car is a 74 Duster Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

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Oh wait! The second image shows a busted seat belt interlock module, if you have a 74 you need to search the thread on how to bypass it.

 
My point is once you know what they are and what they attach to you will have a better idea if you can eliminate them.
Best I can guess now the top one is a heater resistor. But the prints for a 74 dart only show the color of one wire. The black one
 
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Oh wait! The second image shows a busted seat belt interlock module, if you have a 74 you need to search the thread on how to bypass it.


It hasn't interfered with my asphalt assault yet. Seatbelts are unplugged. But that would suck for it to kick in one day and have me doing the roadside repair
 
The orange plastic one with the top busted is a interlock seatbelt module and if you look on inner fender where the wind shield washer bottle is, or on firewall next to master cylinder there will be a small box with yellow wires and a reset button. i tried to bypass all that on my 74 duster, more trouble than it was worth, finally found a 71 duster and pulled all the wire from under the dash and underhood wiring , if the module is bad, on ebay they go for $150 to $200 , i got my wiring harness for $100 and don't have to worry about the module. Mopar realized it was a mistake and on 75 or 76 model dusters they discontinued the modules
 
The orange plastic one with the top busted is a interlock seatbelt module and if you look on inner fender where the wind shield washer bottle is, or on firewall next to master cylinder there will be a small box with yellow wires and a reset button. i tried to bypass all that on my 74 duster, more trouble than it was worth, finally found a 71 duster and pulled all the wire from under the dash and underhood wiring , if the module is bad, on ebay they go for $150 to $200 , i got my wiring harness for $100 and don't have to worry about the module. Mopar realized it was a mistake and on 75 or 76 model dusters they discontinued the modules
Nice . Thank you for the info. She's running like a scalded dog. Hopefully that thing doesn't decide to start working
 
I believe you can unplug the large one, I don't remember what the small device is. So far as bypassing the seat belt interlock, that is easy. Look under the hood, usually on the driver side fender apron, for a small relay box with a big reset button. It has two "yellowish" wires which are the start relay circuit. Permanently splice them together at the reset box.

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I believe you can unplug the large one, I don't remember what the small device is. So far as bypassing the seat belt interlock, that is easy. Look under the hood, usually on the driver side fender apron, for a small relay box with a big reset button. It has two "yellowish" wires which are the start relay circuit. Permanently splice them together at the reset box.

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I agree. If you are after the stock look, take the can off and jumper the yellow wires inside. Then put the can back on. The first picture looks like a relay of some kind.
 
I believe you can unplug the large one, I don't remember what the small device is. So far as bypassing the seat belt interlock, that is easy. Look under the hood, usually on the driver side fender apron, for a small relay box with a big reset button. It has two "yellowish" wires which are the start relay circuit. Permanently splice them together at the reset box.

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Thank you! I'll further bypass that thing. And the plastic box with the circuit board is broken, in the way, looks like crap.... unplugging would be great. And thanks for your help on the turnsignal/ headlight switch troubleshooting. Got new ones. I hate throwing parts at stuff. Working on the dash lights now. A few light but alll bulbs are good
I dont get it.
 
I agree. If you are after the stock look, take the can off and jumper the yellow wires inside. Then put the can back on. The first picture looks like a relay of some kind.
Thank you. It's a really fun good looking ride, but that kinda stuff can go away. Neat trick though!
 
Best I can guess now the top one is a heater resistor. But the prints for a 74 dart only show the color of one wire. The black one

It hasn't interfered with my asphalt assault yet. Seatbelts are unplugged. But that would suck for it to kick in one day and have me doing the roadside repair

Read up on how it works. Between the shop manual and the Master Tech booklets you should be covered.
For '74 master tech, go to mymopar.com and look for the Master Technicians Service Conference.
 
Read up on how it works. Between the shop manual and the Master Tech booklets you should be covered.
For '74 master tech, go to mymopar.com and look for the Master Technicians Service Conference.
Wow! That's a good direction! I never knew that was even there. Thanks! And thank you for you help with figuring out the headlight switch
 
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