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| | | | Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 63 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 63 | On my '69 Chevy C10, 250, inline 6, there is a capacitor mounted on the firewall right next to the fusebox. It has no connector but a black wire coming directly out of it into a taped wire harness. The only exit from the harness of a black wire is to the oil sensor next to the dip stick. Without scraping insulation off and checking continuity, does anyone know what this capacitor is for? It does not show up on any of my wiring diagrams or wire layout pictures. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 2,242 Herder of Cats, Goats, and Sheep (moderator) | | Herder of Cats, Goats, and Sheep (moderator) Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 2,242 | Are you sure it is a capacitor? A flasher unit looks a lot like a capacitor and that would be a reasonable place for it. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 1,982 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 1,982 | It sounds like someone added it for radio freq clean-up caused by the ignition system.
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| | | | | Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 63 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 63 | Are you sure it is a capacitor? A flasher unit looks a lot like a capacitor and that would be a reasonable place for it. No, it's definitely a capacitor. Same size and shape as in a distributor but without the contact/connection. Also flashers are bigger and have a different look. And mine (flasher and relays) are inside the cab on the fuse unit. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 63 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 63 | It sounds like someone added it for radio freq clean-up caused by the ignition system. Doesn't look like an add-on, the wire is in factory wrap. But, that does make sense except for that it appears to be the only black wire going into the wrap and coming out on the oil sensor. Guess I will scrape the insulation off and see if I can find some continuity. Also...either the oil sensor is bad or my oil gauge is bad (autometer add-on) as it does not register. Electric, no tube.
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