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Identification of ECU box in the engine bay

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retiredFF42

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I have a 1982 CJ8 and I am in the process of adding a HEI distributor, a non computer controlled cab and generally making changes to clean the engine bay. There is a box on the passenger inner fender well that that sits between the starter solenoid and the radiator support. This box is similar in shape to the ignition control module that I removed after installing the new HEI distributor. I am trying to identify this box and see if it can be removed from the fender well. Eventually I am going to install a Sniper fuel injection set up but am still saving for that.
 
retiredFF42 said:
I have a 1982 CJ8 and I am in the process of adding a HEI distributor, a non computer controlled cab and generally making changes to clean the engine bay. There is a box on the passenger inner fender well that that sits between the starter solenoid and the radiator support. This box is similar in shape to the ignition control module that I removed after installing the new HEI distributor. I am trying to identify this box and see if it can be removed from the fender well. Eventually I am going to install a Sniper fuel injection set up but am still saving for that.
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I didn't have anything similar to what your describing on my '83, nor have I seen any in wiring diagrams.
Does the wiring look factory, or can you tell where it connects in the system?
A few pictures of the box and wire connectors would help identify it.
 
Here are pics of the box in question. I installed a GM HEI distributor and removed the ECU from under the windshield washer on the drivers side of the engine bay. Thanks for your help with this.
 

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AMC is printed on the side of this box facing the alternator. When the box is removed you can see a circuit board covered by epoxy similar to the ECU on the drivers side under the windshield washer bottle.
 
Where do/did the wires go. Does not look familiar to me.
 
retiredFF42 said:
AMC is printed on the side of this box facing the alternator. When the box is removed you can see a circuit board covered by epoxy similar to the ECU on the drivers side under the windshield washer bottle.
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Are there any part numbers legible?
Did/does your Jeep have cruise control?
 
Its the controller for the SolVac on the carburetor. If the Jeep does not have the under dash computer, and has factory/dealer air, or CA emissions before MCU, it controls the SolVac.
 
Besides controlling the SolVac, it might do something else, a bunch of wires for just rlthe SolVac.

I have seen one of these on a 1982 with dealer air. And a CA emissions 1982, too.

I have also seen the box melt, like an ICM, and leave a mess of melted epoxy.
 
spankrjs said:
Its the controller for the SolVac on the carburetor. If the Jeep does not have the under dash computer, and has factory/dealer air, or CA emissions before MCU, it controls the SolVac.
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Ray beat me to it. :cheers:
I was going to ask if you had the computer under the dash.
Anyway, here is some info.

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