starquest34 Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) What year was it ans where would the module be? How would I know if it were a talking car? Was the module above the glove box do you think? Would this be the part number? It's MD099402.... If it is do you think it's worth something? My car is a January 1985 Technica that I am stripping for scrap... Thanks, Tony try this http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt173/tonyfazz/th_CIMG4240.jpg Edited February 2, 2012 by starquest34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucw458 Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 (edited) As far as I know no SQs had talking modules. Pictures might tell us what it is. Also what year car? If it's responsible for the early year door music I might be interested in it. Edited February 2, 2012 by ucw458 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starquest34 Posted February 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 look now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slydogg Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 i'm kinda sure there was a talking quest. don't know the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starquest34 Posted February 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 84 85 1983 i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UlrichWolf Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 '84 and '85 Technicas had a talking alert option, but it was built into the ETACS under the seat. Maxzillian and I used a standalone module from an "83 Challenger Technica in my '88. Trust me, it was far, far harder than my digital dash swap. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironside Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 This one talked... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucw458 Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 If the car is still somewhat intact you could throw a battery in it and see what happens when you unplug the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starquest34 Posted February 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 I'LL do that and take more pics. Dose the radio have to in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucw458 Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 not sure, maybe. Try it with the key on and off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntercooledFlatty Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 PM mike, his Olive flatty talks and plays the mitsubishi song it's effin cool....... so 80's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntercooledFlatty Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 oh, and it talks from the right front dash speaker only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucw458 Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 If it stops talking or making music when you unplug that box I'll buy it as long as you include the harness connector with a long length of wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMeyerhoff Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 The radio doesn't have to be in for the technica sounds to work. The radio signal for the front drivers dash speaker goes directly to the ETACs unit. Then the output from the ETACs goes to the speaker. So basically the ETACS can interrupt the radio on that one speaker when it wants play a sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainstreaM Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Far as I can tell the talking lady was an late 83-84 option for US cars only. Also known as the ETACS melody. Was more common on world production cars, but US was pretty select on what it came in. Technica's with digital dash mostly. I've also seen it in the black and gold two tone cars, and for some odd reason only in cars with the brown/tan interior. Looking at the wiring schematics for an 84 you can clearly see where the signal from the ETACS ties into the wiring for -that one speaker and not into the radio. I think, but am not 100% positive, that it could be wired to a single 8ohm speaker and used as a standalone. Using it in an 86-87 should be fairly straight forward, but 88 would be harder, and 89 even more so due to changes in the ETACS system. I have the entire wiring harness and ETACS from one of these cars to go in my flatty, whenever that build starts. Kane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86FlatValour Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 My 85.5 Starion. Cali Red with black checkered board cloth played music, I could cry now just thinking about it, I miss that car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 I still have one of the talking boxes. If I remember correctly, the talkers had a switch on the side of the ETACS that would turn off the talking. Or was it the chime? I don't remember but I do have the ETACS from one sitting here somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 That box I think is the main part of the package they used on the 83-5 cars when they ran too rich that lowered the voltage from the TPS the ECU could see to 3 volts. There's a TSB about this and cars that ran rich and how to add it, they called it a modulator and it went some place above the glove box. There should be an add on harness that went from that to the ECU or control relay or both but you might save that too not just the box otherwise its about useless. I could look that up if you want, its in the TSB bulletins. Its not in any service manual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starquest34 Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 It has a add on harness at the ecu and a switch on the etacs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucw458 Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 I wonder if this would work on the 86 cars with the mass removed. Have it remove some fuel so it doesn't run rich when the mass is removed. I wonder if you would still get fuel cut with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 That's two completely different things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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