Any idea what this is?

[Kickin’Chicken]

[Green Mesa XJ]

Dunno looks kind of like plate they’d mount a ABS unit to. Not sure on the remix


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[Jeep Driver]

It's a relay and coil cover for renix XJ MJ don't don't chuckit they're hard to find

[yellaheep]

It's the plastic cover for the "power center" where many of your terminals, relays and fuses can be found.  It's held in place with two plastic twist-in tabs.  Not sure those are being reproduced so you'll want to hit up some of the parts hoarders here, or your local junk yards for those.   The thing attached to it is a generic fuse or relay and is for some other aftermarket electrical component added to the truck.

 

I think you have an even more pressing issue though....... dangerous battery cables!  

[NHMJXJ]

I like big fires. (heavy breathing, heavy breathing)

[coolwind57]

Just recently replace my negative battery cable.  It looked bad but once I removed it and could see the whole thing, it looked REALLY BAD.  

 

Replace those suckers a.s.a.p., brother.  

[johnj92131]

Replace those battery cables ASAP.  Do not pass Go, do not collect $200.

 

Comanche Club member mean lemmons will sell you a great set of heavy duty cables.

 

[Kickin’Chicken]

50 minutes ago, coolwind57 said:

Just recently replace my negative battery cable.  It looked bad but once I removed it and could see the whole thing, it looked REALLY BAD.  

 

Replace those suckers a.s.a.p., brother.  

Will do. I meant to get some today when I bought a water pump and fuel filter. 

 

Poured a bottle of SeaFoam in the tank and gassed up. Almost immediately started missing and sputtering! Barely got it home! At idle it's not missing but under load it seems like it's running on 4 cylinders. Any suggestions?

[87MJTIM]

Are you pointing to the plastic cover?  If so, it's just a cover for the relays in the engine bay.  Like Jeep Driver said, keep it.  They're rare.

 

Or are you pointing to the wires screwed on to the cover?  If so, that is not stock.  Trace the wires from one end to the other and see what it connects to.  (Might be an HO thing.  Ask Don.)

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[sinkrun]

I would be more worried about those battery cables.

[DesertRat1991]

Oh my.  

 

The clamp on the battery cable wrapped in electrical tape doesn't even have a nut on it...  and that's the better of the two cables!

[87MJTIM]

Contact Mean Lemon for the cables.  He will set you up with a nice set.

[Minuit]

Seems to me like you've got more important things to worry about than a plastic cover. Don't drive that thing until you get some decent cables on it.

 

Whatever is screwed to the cover is a hack modification for...something. The HO system ditched that cover in favor of a fuse box.

[Strokermjcomanche]

That's a circuit breaker mounted to the top of the relay cover , don't have a clue what it's being used for ....  

[Jeep Driver]

40 minutes ago, Strokermjcomanche said:

That's a circuit breaker mounted to the top of the relay cover , don't have a clue what it's being used for ....  

It doesn't matter, it needs to be bolted to metal, grounded, for it to function. 

[Strokermjcomanche]

Just now, Jeep Driver said:

It doesn't matter, it needs to be bolted to metal, grounded, for it to function. 

It does matter , because I'm stating what it is . I'm not stating whether it works . 

[Keyav8r]

Admins - there are two threads on this topic, same title, same OP.  Can they be combined?

[Pete M]

44 minutes ago, Keyav8r said:

Admins - there are two threads on this topic, same title, same OP.  Can they be combined?

done

[DirtyComanche]

1 hour ago, Jeep Driver said:

It doesn't matter, it needs to be bolted to metal, grounded, for it to function. 

 

Umm, no, not likely.

 

It looks like a fairly standard self resetting thermal style circuit breaker.  The feet are to mount it, there's a slightly cheaper version without the feet that typically winds up just being left dangling, or at best zip tied to something, since they're not exactly easy to mount.  There's styles with pin or blade contacts to plug into a circuit board or fuse box, again, they are not grounded.

 

It's probably dedicated power for a stereo.  Or something else broke and nobody wanted to figure out how to fix it correctly.

[HOrnbrod]

1 hour ago, Jeep Driver said:

It doesn't matter, it needs to be bolted to metal, grounded, for it to function. 

 

36 minutes ago, DirtyComanche said:

Umm, no, not likely.

 

Hey Dirty, maybe it's a switch to ground.  

[DirtyComanche]

1 minute ago, HOrnbrod said:

 

 

Hey Dirty, maybe it's a switch to ground.  

 

And maybe those screws that are mounting it are actually 5" long and screw right into the fender...

 

 

[Jeep Driver]

OK, jokes on me. 

[HOrnbrod]

6 hours ago, Kickin’Chicken said:

Poured a bottle of SeaFoam in the tank and gassed up. Almost immediately started missing and sputtering! Barely got it home! At idle it's not missing but under load it seems like it's running on 4 cylinders. Any suggestions?

 

Don't use Seafoam when you're away from home. If you must use it, do it in your driveway.

[jdwillys]

Looks like an index finger

[Kickin’Chicken]

On 1/8/2018 at 7:04 PM, Keyav8r said:

Admins - there are two threads on this topic, same title, same OP.  Can they be combined?

Something screwy happened. I thought I submitted the new thread but it never refreshed my browser. So I clicked it again and next thing ya know.....2 threads.