What is this !!!!!
#1
08-16-2006, 08:57 AM
What is this !!!!!
I've owned my 87 Vette conv't now for 13 years and there is an item in the car that has always fascinated me and no one has yet been able to tell me what it is, or what it is supposed to do. On the rear lid of the car, which closes over the "trunk", there is a small louvered opening, in the middle of the lid and on the lip of the lid which looks like it has a photo-electric cell behind it. The opening is about 1 1/4" square. Can anyone tell me what it does, and is there any maintenance that should be done to it, or for it. Another thing to learn about on my baby.
mypetu39
mypetu39
#2
08-16-2006, 02:01 PM
RE: What is this !!!!!
ORIGINAL: mypetu39
I've owned my 87 Vette conv't now for 13 years and there is an item in the car that has always fascinated me and no one has yet been able to tell me what it is, or what it is supposed to do. On the rear lid of the car, which closes over the "trunk", there is a small louvered opening, in the middle of the lid and on the lip of the lid which looks like it has a photo-electric cell behind it. The opening is about 1 1/4" square. Can anyone tell me what it does, and is there any maintenance that should be done to it, or for it. Another thing to learn about on my baby.
mypetu39
I've owned my 87 Vette conv't now for 13 years and there is an item in the car that has always fascinated me and no one has yet been able to tell me what it is, or what it is supposed to do. On the rear lid of the car, which closes over the "trunk", there is a small louvered opening, in the middle of the lid and on the lip of the lid which looks like it has a photo-electric cell behind it. The opening is about 1 1/4" square. Can anyone tell me what it does, and is there any maintenance that should be done to it, or for it. Another thing to learn about on my baby.
mypetu39
#3
08-16-2006, 09:21 PM
RE: What is this !!!!!
The sensor that topspeed is talking about is right above the speedo...it senses light and dims the dashboard accordingly. Drive into a parking garage in the middle of the day and you may see the dashboard dim. As far as the sensor on the convertable, i have no idea.
#4
08-16-2006, 09:29 PM
RE: What is this !!!!!
ORIGINAL: raisinbran
The sensor that topspeed is talking about is right above the speedo...it senses light and dims the dashboard accordingly. Drive into a parking garage in the middle of the day and you may see the dashboard dim.
The sensor that topspeed is talking about is right above the speedo...it senses light and dims the dashboard accordingly. Drive into a parking garage in the middle of the day and you may see the dashboard dim.
The other night while going through a tunnel, I *swear* I noticed the dash dim a bit, and chalked it up to either a) my imagination, or b) a pending disaster with our digital dash.
As a member of the Ostrich family, I find that keeping my head ABOVE the ground line seems to be much more effective if you want to stay on the ball. Public Service Announcement.
I'm gonna go and hide now.....
#5
08-16-2006, 09:55 PM
RE: What is this !!!!!
Actually I don't know, and am curious.
But until you know, next time you have a passenger get into your the car, point to it as you put on your seat belt, and tell them it is the "DQS" unit - Driver Quality Sensor unit, something installed by GM to assure that the image of the Corvette is not ruined by idiots who would be seen driving it: explain that when someone slips into the driver's seat, it scans their brain using "fluoro-scope technology", and unless they are highly intelligent, have very good taste, and incredibly sound judgement, it disables the starter.
Then start the car . . .
But until you know, next time you have a passenger get into your the car, point to it as you put on your seat belt, and tell them it is the "DQS" unit - Driver Quality Sensor unit, something installed by GM to assure that the image of the Corvette is not ruined by idiots who would be seen driving it: explain that when someone slips into the driver's seat, it scans their brain using "fluoro-scope technology", and unless they are highly intelligent, have very good taste, and incredibly sound judgement, it disables the starter.
Then start the car . . .
#7
08-17-2006, 02:07 AM
RE: What is this !!!!!
ORIGINAL: Lee Willis
Actually I don't know, and am curious.
But until you know, next time you have a passenger get into your the car, point to it as you put on your seat belt, and tell them it is the "DQS" unit - Driver Quality Sensor unit, something installed by GM to assure that the image of the Corvette is not ruined by idiots who would be seen driving it: explain that when someone slips into the driver's seat, it scans their brain using "fluoro-scope technology", and unless they are highly intelligent, have very good taste, and incredibly sound judgement, it disables the starter.
Then start the car . . .
Actually I don't know, and am curious.
But until you know, next time you have a passenger get into your the car, point to it as you put on your seat belt, and tell them it is the "DQS" unit - Driver Quality Sensor unit, something installed by GM to assure that the image of the Corvette is not ruined by idiots who would be seen driving it: explain that when someone slips into the driver's seat, it scans their brain using "fluoro-scope technology", and unless they are highly intelligent, have very good taste, and incredibly sound judgement, it disables the starter.
Then start the car . . .
#8
08-17-2006, 08:58 AM
RE: What is this !!!!!
OK, you guys(nobody laughed harder than I did !! )....Now that we have had some fun, I have to turn to our chief resident tech, Mech259, to ask for the solution to these two so-called "sensors". What say you, Mech259?
mypetu39
mypetu39
#9
08-17-2006, 01:04 PM
RE: What is this !!!!!
ORIGINAL: Lee Willis
Actually I don't know, and am curious.
But until you know, next time you have a passenger get into your the car, point to it as you put on your seat belt, and tell them it is the "DQS" unit - Driver Quality Sensor unit, something installed by GM to assure that the image of the Corvette is not ruined by idiots who would be seen driving it: explain that when someone slips into the driver's seat, it scans their brain using "fluoro-scope technology", and unless they are highly intelligent, have very good taste, and incredibly sound judgement, it disables the starter.
Then start the car . . .
Actually I don't know, and am curious.
But until you know, next time you have a passenger get into your the car, point to it as you put on your seat belt, and tell them it is the "DQS" unit - Driver Quality Sensor unit, something installed by GM to assure that the image of the Corvette is not ruined by idiots who would be seen driving it: explain that when someone slips into the driver's seat, it scans their brain using "fluoro-scope technology", and unless they are highly intelligent, have very good taste, and incredibly sound judgement, it disables the starter.
Then start the car . . .
You have an absolutely fab sence of humor, right in line with what drives me to the ground. That is the best I've heard in a long time. "Bowtie Lounge" quality!!! [sm=smiley32.gif]