Re: What is that thing on my ceiling?
 

It's either the receiver for the key fob, or it's the automatic high beam
turner-offer.




"rwrede" <rwrede2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Yn63e.7077$gq2.4141@fe02.lga...
> Ok, I've had my '88 Jeep Cherokee Pioneer for 5 years now and I have
always
> been curious about this thing on the ceiling, just above where the
> windshield meets the cab-ceiling in the center. There is nothing about it
in
> the manual, It is about 1" tall and 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 inches wide, it is
shaped
> like an ashtray, it looks like Infrared-type plastic, and if you "pull it
> out" it has wires of some sort and a circuit board.
>
>

Re: What is that thing on my ceiling?
 

It's either the receiver for the key fob, or it's the automatic high beam
turner-offer.




"rwrede" <rwrede2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Yn63e.7077$gq2.4141@fe02.lga...
> Ok, I've had my '88 Jeep Cherokee Pioneer for 5 years now and I have
always
> been curious about this thing on the ceiling, just above where the
> windshield meets the cab-ceiling in the center. There is nothing about it
in
> the manual, It is about 1" tall and 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 inches wide, it is
shaped
> like an ashtray, it looks like Infrared-type plastic, and if you "pull it
> out" it has wires of some sort and a circuit board.
>
>

Re: What is that thing on my ceiling?
 

It's either the receiver for the key fob, or it's the automatic high beam
turner-offer.




"rwrede" <rwrede2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Yn63e.7077$gq2.4141@fe02.lga...
> Ok, I've had my '88 Jeep Cherokee Pioneer for 5 years now and I have
always
> been curious about this thing on the ceiling, just above where the
> windshield meets the cab-ceiling in the center. There is nothing about it
in
> the manual, It is about 1" tall and 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 inches wide, it is
shaped
> like an ashtray, it looks like Infrared-type plastic, and if you "pull it
> out" it has wires of some sort and a circuit board.
>
>

Re: What is that thing on my ceiling?
 

my 1988 xj has that also.
I think it was left over when the previous owner removed the cell phone
installation.
might be a remote speaker or micraphone.
old john


"rwrede" <rwrede2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Yn63e.7077$gq2.4141@fe02.lga...
> Ok, I've had my '88 Jeep Cherokee Pioneer for 5 years now and I have
always
> been curious about this thing on the ceiling, just above where the
> windshield meets the cab-ceiling in the center. There is nothing about it
in
> the manual, It is about 1" tall and 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 inches wide, it is
shaped
> like an ashtray, it looks like Infrared-type plastic, and if you "pull it
> out" it has wires of some sort and a circuit board.
>
>

Re: What is that thing on my ceiling?
 

my 1988 xj has that also.
I think it was left over when the previous owner removed the cell phone
installation.
might be a remote speaker or micraphone.
old john


"rwrede" <rwrede2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Yn63e.7077$gq2.4141@fe02.lga...
> Ok, I've had my '88 Jeep Cherokee Pioneer for 5 years now and I have
always
> been curious about this thing on the ceiling, just above where the
> windshield meets the cab-ceiling in the center. There is nothing about it
in
> the manual, It is about 1" tall and 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 inches wide, it is
shaped
> like an ashtray, it looks like Infrared-type plastic, and if you "pull it
> out" it has wires of some sort and a circuit board.
>
>

Re: What is that thing on my ceiling?
 

my 1988 xj has that also.
I think it was left over when the previous owner removed the cell phone
installation.
might be a remote speaker or micraphone.
old john


"rwrede" <rwrede2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Yn63e.7077$gq2.4141@fe02.lga...
> Ok, I've had my '88 Jeep Cherokee Pioneer for 5 years now and I have
always
> been curious about this thing on the ceiling, just above where the
> windshield meets the cab-ceiling in the center. There is nothing about it
in
> the manual, It is about 1" tall and 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 inches wide, it is
shaped
> like an ashtray, it looks like Infrared-type plastic, and if you "pull it
> out" it has wires of some sort and a circuit board.
>
>

Re: What is that thing on my ceiling?
 

On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 09:52:53 +0200 in
<d2iukl$vj7$1@troll.powertech.no>, "Odd-Inge" <oddinge@invenia.no>
graced the world with this thought:

>Infrared remote doorlock receiver.
>
>oil
>
>"rwrede" <rwrede2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:Yn63e.7077$gq2.4141@fe02.lga...
>> Ok, I've had my '88 Jeep Cherokee Pioneer for 5 years now and I have
>> always been curious about this thing on the ceiling, just above where the
>> windshield meets the cab-ceiling in the center. There is nothing about it
>> in the manual, It is about 1" tall and 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 inches wide, it is
>> shaped like an ashtray, it looks like Infrared-type plastic, and if you
>> "pull it out" it has wires of some sort and a circuit board.
>>
>

In 1988 the U.S. government installed these in all Jeeps to keep track
of the people who bought them, because they fit a particular profile
that the FBI was interested in.

Re: What is that thing on my ceiling?
 

On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 09:52:53 +0200 in
<d2iukl$vj7$1@troll.powertech.no>, "Odd-Inge" <oddinge@invenia.no>
graced the world with this thought:

>Infrared remote doorlock receiver.
>
>oil
>
>"rwrede" <rwrede2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:Yn63e.7077$gq2.4141@fe02.lga...
>> Ok, I've had my '88 Jeep Cherokee Pioneer for 5 years now and I have
>> always been curious about this thing on the ceiling, just above where the
>> windshield meets the cab-ceiling in the center. There is nothing about it
>> in the manual, It is about 1" tall and 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 inches wide, it is
>> shaped like an ashtray, it looks like Infrared-type plastic, and if you
>> "pull it out" it has wires of some sort and a circuit board.
>>
>

In 1988 the U.S. government installed these in all Jeeps to keep track
of the people who bought them, because they fit a particular profile
that the FBI was interested in.

Re: What is that thing on my ceiling?
 

On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 09:52:53 +0200 in
<d2iukl$vj7$1@troll.powertech.no>, "Odd-Inge" <oddinge@invenia.no>
graced the world with this thought:

>Infrared remote doorlock receiver.
>
>oil
>
>"rwrede" <rwrede2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:Yn63e.7077$gq2.4141@fe02.lga...
>> Ok, I've had my '88 Jeep Cherokee Pioneer for 5 years now and I have
>> always been curious about this thing on the ceiling, just above where the
>> windshield meets the cab-ceiling in the center. There is nothing about it
>> in the manual, It is about 1" tall and 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 inches wide, it is
>> shaped like an ashtray, it looks like Infrared-type plastic, and if you
>> "pull it out" it has wires of some sort and a circuit board.
>>
>

In 1988 the U.S. government installed these in all Jeeps to keep track
of the people who bought them, because they fit a particular profile
that the FBI was interested in.