my 88 4.2 has recently died. I was a block away from home when the car slowly stopped running. I believe it is problem with the ignition. Turning the key now does nothing, no noises at all. When i opened the hood i could smell a burning smell and saw smoke coming from the area between the battery and the engine. i could not find where the smoke was coming from, there are no obvious burn wires anywhere. The battery is not dead. I believe the car is already on the nutter modification. I checked the wires going from the distributor to the ignition modular and they both seem ok. I also check the green wire from the coil to the modular, also ok. I traced another wire from the coil which is spliced to about four other wires(not my doing). Two of the wires go to the computer thing at the top right corner of the chassis when facing towards the car. the other two go into a jumble of wires which go into the car behind the dashboard. I traced these two as best i can but they dont seem to go anywhere near the key. The other two that are connected to the computer im at a lost for. I know something was burning where i said, but do not know of any ignition parts that are over there. the starter is new, and the voltage to it is ok. The coil is also new.
any help is appreciated
88 4.2 yj with carter bbd and manual transmission