electrical and ignition What is that next to the coil?

[rapandi]

Hi Team,

 

Can someone tell me what that "cylindrical fuse" looking items is next to my coil (top left corner)? It is not connected to anything, the wire seems to have disconnected from somewhere. Where does it attach itself? What is its purpose?

 

Any help is appreciated.

 

Raj

[adawil2002]

Is the car running fine? If so it's your car's appendix or an errant tonsil. Remove it and all your wildest dreams will come true, Vote for Pedro!

[rapandi]

Yeah car is running fine. It does need a tune up though.

[Stevenc22]

It could be a condenser that is normally mounted on the distributor.

 

[rapandi]

Any idea where it connects to the distributor Steven?

[Simeon]

That is a capacitor to remove ignition interference (clicking) from your radio. You can disconnect or leave in place, it won't make any difference in performance to your engine. It connects to your coil positive and provides a low impedance path to ground for interference frequencies but high resistance to DC voltage.

[vinntagejoe]

That is a capacitor to remove ignition interference (clicking) from your radio. You can disconnect or leave in place, it won't make any difference in performance to your engine. It connects to your coil positive and provides a low impedance path to ground for interference frequencies but high resistance to DC voltage.

 

KA CHING!!!

[adawil2002]

Yeah car is running fine. It does need a tune up though.

 Adjust valves it's free horsepower.

[jgerock]

KA CHING!!!

I've normally seen these attached to the back of the alternators.  The BLUE book describes adding one to the coil circuit to reduce/eliminate radio noise.

[Simeon]

I have exactly the same one on my car, probably a generic after market thing in Australia. From memory, it's only for AM interference. I have seen similar bolted to alternators as well.