Elementary school pencil sharpener is what it looks like. haha jk.
That is where your distributor needs to be. The adapter connected to it is the ignition coil. So your looking at a lack of a distributor. Obviously this is vital to running the engine as your spark plugs are directly connected to this component and times the ignition of gas within the cylinder to get combustion and therefore power the engine. Without this, no go. This system looks nearly identical on a YJ. Heres mine, with the orange being the oil filter and yours is white.
Pic 1: What it looks WITH a distributor and hooked up wires.
Pic 2: Pointing at spark plug wire (runs from distributor to spark plugs).
Pic 3: Pointing at distributor cap.
You can buy a complete assembly here:
http://www.quadratec.com/products/p...02,55102+603,55102+604,55102+605&h=&spg=t&cv=
Hope this helps you my friend. :thumb::thumb: