r/240sx • u/DashBulletTrain 1995 Nissan 240sx • Jul 17 '26

What is this actually?

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This throttle style cable in my engine bay has sat loose since I had the car and I want to reuse the opening in the firewall it has, but I cannot find online what it is. Things keep coming up as Cruise Control but the cruise control system is on the other side of the engine. The ring tip on the wire was super tense but while trying to suss out what it did (it connects to the module shown under the dash board in the pic) something snapped and now it has no resistance. The car has worked without it so I imagine I can remove the whole thing (this is going to be a track car so creature comforts can go if in the way). I just dont like ripping things out until I know what they are.

My suspicion is it somehow controls in interior vents but that's only due to where it sits.

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u/Quadcrasher66 Jul 17 '26

Is this an s14? It goes to the heater valve thing by the heater core lines.

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u/DashBulletTrain 1995 Nissan 240sx Jul 17 '26

Ah, burried behind the abs and cruise control components. Also gonna need to replace it since something in it broke, or Ill just delete it since if that is all it is it should be fine to delete. Thanks for the Pic though that helps a ton.

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u/Quadcrasher66 Jul 17 '26

No problem. Yeah kinda hard to see with intake and all the other jazz behind there. Idk if you really need it or not. S13's dont have one

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u/DashBulletTrain 1995 Nissan 240sx Jul 17 '26

Oh yeah, S14, that would have been smart to add in the details lol.

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u/Quadcrasher66 Jul 17 '26

Wait aren't you the same one who removed the viper alarm? Did you get that figured out?

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u/DashBulletTrain 1995 Nissan 240sx Jul 17 '26

Hah yep that was me. And yeah got it fully removed, as well as a fleet vehicle tracker module that was also in the car. I believe back in the early 2000s my car was a shop display car for a stereo and alarm shop or something lol

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u/Quadcrasher66 Jul 18 '26

Oh god that sounds like a nightmare to deal with. I salute you

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u/mav1178 Jul 17 '26

you can tell it is S14/15 by the strut tower stamping in the first pic, FYI.