when it was winter the problem of our pump turning off stopped... now that it is over 100 degrees out it has started again. I called a pump service and the guy was so nice, said it sounded like capacitor. The black one, said it was a simple fix. My daughter and I decided we could save 100 bucks on service call and do ourselves. I took the old capacitor in and got a new one at the truvalue hardware here in town. The old one started with 108 so the guy there said he had one that started with 108 but it did not have the little resistor wire between the two bottom prongs like the old one. We put it on and it worked but is this going to cause another problem. Should I make sure I have one with the little resistor?

It's a safety issue for people working on the unit.

The old resistor is usually unsoldered and soldered to the new capacitor.

You can't buy a capacitor with a resistor attached.

The cap likely has two unused tabs. Faston's can be used with soldering to fasten the resistor. Leads can be made longer if necessary.

You MIGHT be able to persuade a Radio Shack guy to do it for you.

i.e. Can you attach this resistor or a similar one in parallel to this capacitor for me? How much will it cost?

Or, buy a soldering iron.

Okay now this is way over my head... the resister I am talking about is a teeny tiny little wire from one of the 4 prongs to the other straight across from it looks like the middle is wrapped in a plastic. Maybe its not called a resistor..? Anyway it worked for a while but could not get pump back on... put old capacitor back in and reset and it is on and will probably have water all night until it is hot out tomorrow... maybe its time to pay the expert and get it done right but us girls try to get things done if we can, but this will not be one of them. Thank you so much for your help

I suspect the pump may have other problems. It's likely a resistor.

Look at the topic "Failure" here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleeder_resistor