Hi,
That too is a condenser similar to the one in the distributor. It is there
to help eliminate radio static if I remember. The outer can is grounded by
the mounting screw to the coil bracket to complete the circuit.
Once my Chevy V8 died on the freeway, And me in a suit. I troubleshot it to
a weak orange spark, so I looked inside the distributor and found the wire
blown out of the condenser.
Looking around and seeing the one on the plus side of the coil, All I did
was move its lead to the negative side, which electrically is the same as
being inside the distributor. parallel on the points to ground. This got me
home and I used it for a few days until the weekend and I had extra time to
fix it. I don't know its value in capacitance or how close it is really to
the one inside, but it did work.
When the condenser is the wrong value, it will cause the points to pit
some, so I replaced both points and condenser anyway.
Felt real proud of meself that time!
Bob B
Bob B
At 02:37 PM 11/6/2002, you wrote:
>The other thing that baffles me on some cars' ignition systems is the "one
>wired device" connected to the coil. It looks like half a AA battery with a
>wire going to the coil. What use it has always escaped me as I couldn't
>figure out how something worked on a one-wire open circuit.
>
>--pat.
>Baffled by simplicity at times.
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