Capacitor looking thing for 1976 blower motor

[Itali83]

Anyone know exactly what the capacitor looking this is under the hood, on the firewall, on the wire going to the blower motor positive? It’s between the resistor and the blower motor itself. Non-a/c truck. Definitely a factory piece. I’m thinking it’s a capacitor for radio noise. Mine is getting corroded on one end and I’m about to just cut it out so I don’t loose my heat when I need it.

You can see it mounted to the bolt holding the heater box to my patched firewall at 11o’clock from the A

Thanks
Ben

 

[Snoots]

It is a capacitor. It shunts the AC noise from the fan motor to ground so you don't hear it in the radio.
Just wipe a tiny dab of grease on the corrosion and carry on until you pick up another one from the boneyard.

 

[Itali83]

It is a capacitor. It shunts the AC noise from the fan motor to ground so you don't hear it in the radio.
Just wipe a tiny dab of grease on the corrosion and carry on until you pick up another one from the boneyard.

Ok that’s what I figured. I’ll just clip it off and bypass it. No radio in this rig. Don’t want to loose heat in a plow/winter time rig. Was cold enough last Friday when I left work at it was -15*F without the windchill. Thankfully back in the 20-30’s this week.

Ben

 

[Rickf]

Sometimes referred to as a noise suppressor, no ATF permit needed.

 

[SquareRoot]

Sometimes referred to as a noise suppressor, no ATF permit needed.

AKA, small engine muffler.