Anyone know what this box in my engine bay is??

I feel a group hug comin on!

 

7 pages of a "whatzit" post, and no references to henways or ****fers??!!?? I am very disappointed in the usual suspects.

 

Check VIN and if J58 is in it that is DEFINITELY the afterburner control,
there were only 6 made and 3 known to exist, you may have found the
Rosetta Stone of Caddy's!

 

it looks to be a power supply maby something to convert dc to ac for an accesory from the 60's ,a lot of car radios then ran on high voltage

 

If its ticking don't cut the red wire.

 

It might be a grenade. I can't inspect it for you yet since I'm a FNG, maybe one of the grenade inspectors will.

 

Not really. You can be pretty sure it is a power supply for some electronic thing using tubes. Just look at all the entertainment your little metal box has provided for so many. In most of the country it is way too cold to go outside and we have to have something to do with all this time. I thank you.

 

It looks like a power supply. That cylindracal shaped alum. cased part is probably a device known in it's day as a ********. Purpose of the device was to create a reasonable facsimile of alternating current which was needed in order to boost low voltages to higher voltages for electronic equipment. Car radios back in the day all had them. They made a mechanical noise that could be annoying.

 

Looks like a capacitor, looks like a ********....makes sense that it's a ********.

It's been probably 20 years since I've seen one of these things.

 

this is a vintage supply for an aircraft radio, to change the planes DC power ro something that looked like AC. look familiar?

 

I thought they used dynamotors? like in my BC-348-Q

 

the plane supply? this is from a civilian aircraft,it would mount in the tail cone to make power for the radios. it powers a Narco Omninavigator Mk11. AA lot of tubes then required high voltage Ac to operate,same with regular radio tubes.

 

We made this crazy stuff very, very well

 

...and we gave it to some really tough young men who went out and kicked ***.

 

that settles that then we don't know the answer and we don't care ... but we could talk about it some more for sure,,

stayin on topic how can it go faster or be louder and will the paint stick after the modifications .. and who's gotten one like it cheap on ebay or C/L only its different and does not look like it or do the same thing

 

We know it's just the remote control for a garage door opener. the other explanations are more fun though

 

Amazing.

 

Those aren't dilithium crystals -- they're Folger's crystals!

 

Nah, the real Tesla.

 

Me too.

 

OK, the Tesla group is formed!

 

The one time only dues will be $5. Send them to me.

 

Did you ever find out what this was?

 

power supply for 1960 telephone.

 

Careful on what you wish for.

I had the hots for a chick in grade 8. (I'm 50 now) She moved away and I never saw here again till ---- last week.

OMFG she's a haggard old buzzard. Yikes! Sadly you can't unsee what has been seen.