Mystery part

[kar120c]

Granted I did not get a lot of sleep last night but I couldn't find anything on my database repair CD or my hayes manuals. I discovered a little broken plastic piece with two wires connected to it. Green/Black and Green/Brown from the looks of it. Can someone please tell me what the hell this thing is? Ground device for something? Never seen it in a jeep before... :hmm:

 

 

Maybe it's part of the turbo encabulator ???? :rotfl2:

 

[Geonovast]

That's your ballast resistor, Almost all olderish Jeeps will have one. It's a resistor for the fuel pump, after startup it runs the power through there to make the pump spin a little slower, and therefore run quieter.

 

You can either replace it, they're about $7-15 depending on where you get one, or just splice the wires together and bypass it.

 

Oh, and it's porcelin.

[kar120c]

Thanks! Local part store lists it for 9.99 so I think I'll pick one up.

[maddzz1]

That is just a piece of it. The rest of it is that piece still bolted to the fender above it in the pic.

[johnnyc]

I've always heard that it's best not to get a "universal" ballast resistor from a part store. If you want to retain it, I'd get a factory piece.

[comancheman]

i spent over $20 on one from napa and it lasted maybe a few months put one in from the dealer and was about $6 and its still cookin. id go with an OEM part

[HOrnbrod]

:agree: :thumbsup:

[kar120c]

Double-checked, the one I looked up was a generic one. Dealer is just down the road from me but I'm going to hold out for now. Keeping my eye open for a local cherokee donor for the gauge swap and new wheels/tires. If I can't find the part on the donor will hit the dealer down the road from me. Thanks guys.

[jtdesigns]

Turbo Encabulator!!!!!!! FTMFW!!! :yes:

[Drahcir495]

Since the original question has been answered - That's great :clapping: .

[TNT]

That's your ballast resistor, Almost all olderish Jeeps will have one. It's a resistor for the fuel pump, after startup it runs the power through there to make the pump spin a little slower, and therefore run quieter.

 

You can either replace it, they're about $7-15 depending on where you get one, or just splice the wires together and bypass it.

 

Oh, and it's porcelin.

 

 

It makes the pump last longer too.