What the heck is this?
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Anyone have an idea of what this is and what it should be connected to?
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What the heck is this?
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I think its a resistor and I think its for the ignition coil.
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I believe your right. Any idea what the other end connets to? And if i do the HEI conversion will I eliminate this?
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it is called a ballast resistor and one side goes to the ignition "run" position & the other to the coil IIRC. I'll bet that if you do an aftermarket HEI conversion the instructions will have you eliminate it.
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Yep that is a resistor pot. On your 77 you probably did not have the built in resistor wire for a Motorcraft module. The terminal that feeds the coil should be coil and ignition relay 'I' terminal so the coil gets 12 volts during cranking, but only gets about 4 to 8 volts during operation. If the voltage was a constant 12 volts to the module it would fry the module. The later model CJ's 78 79 that have the resistor wire do not need the resistor pot as that wire cuts the voltage to the module. This is a drawing of how mine is.
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You still haven't figured out what that is connected to?
Here is your original thread asking about that resistor:
http://www.jeep-cj.com/forums/f7/question-about-electrical-11852/
It is a power resistor. It is often used as a ballast resistor for the ignition but they usually aren't mounted on the firewall like that.
We can't tell you what that power resistor is connected to. You must trace the wire.
Here is your original thread asking about that resistor:
http://www.jeep-cj.com/forums/f7/question-about-electrical-11852/
It is a power resistor. It is often used as a ballast resistor for the ignition but they usually aren't mounted on the firewall like that.
We can't tell you what that power resistor is connected to. You must trace the wire.
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The HEI will not use that resistor, it get's 12V.