That was a condenser used to damp out RF from the ignition. Probably installed
in cars sold with a radio.
Patrick Parsons 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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