Removing The Black Box On The Slam Panel

[GLPoomobile 958]

I'm really sorry to post this as I know the answer will be on here somewhere, but I'm so bad at searching . I have tried though, honest (but's it's half 3 in the morning, and I'm pissed off with insomnia, so don't have a lot of patience right now )

 

1) What is the black electrical connection box on the slam panel actually for?

2) Can I remove it?

3) What do I need to do with the wires if I remove it?

 

Cheers

[Sandy 191]

It's just a positive junction box, a couple of the lines out are fused, but other wise it's just connections.

[welshpug 1,657]

just shift it to the left and screw it to the back of the headlamp panel

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

It's just a positive junction box, a couple of the lines out are fused, but other wise it's just connections.

Yeah, connections for the ecu, tachymetric relay, cooling fans & fuse box. Everything electrical bar the starter & alternator.

 

Why do you want to remove such an important item? Even Sean has one fitted in his stripped out trackcar, pretty essential imo.

 

Graham.

[GLPoomobile 958]

From memory, I thought I had read posts in the past about bypassing it and binning it. It gets in the way when you have an induction filter fited, and on my first GTi I left it dangling down near the gearbox and was always paranoid that that was a bad thing!

 

I just figured that since I'm ging to be replacing my Brown Multi Connector on the loom and maybe tackling some of the earth points that it may be wrth ditching this bit.

[Dream Weaver 2]

I'd keep it, it helps to keep the Positive supply nice and neat.

 

Just move it further down the slam panel if necessary.

[jackherer 543]

I left it dangling down near the gearbox and was always paranoid that that was a bad thing!

 

your paranoia was justified, if the positive contact on the black box had touched the gearbox (or anything else that is earthed) it would have been a direct short circuit and would likely have started a fire as the black box isn't protected by a fuse.

[welshpug 1,657]

shift it to the left of the car like this -

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

I see too many 16v's with the fuse box dangling down by the box, Never a good idea a that one, There have been about 3 different places for it over the years from the headlight panel, Slam Panel, And a bracket off both.

[Dream Weaver 2]

The later models had a 90 degree bracket on the slam panel that held the box at an angle as Miles says.

 

I got one of them, and then bent it round another 90 degrees towards the headlight soit moves the box further to the side and gives you more room.

 

Pic here - http://projects.205gtidrivers.com/dreamweaver-tbs/CIMG3145 (you can see where I bent the bracket as well)

[Simes 248 2 Cars]

Leave it alone!