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I’m detailing my engine compartment and painting the distributor cover there’s a bolt attached on the cover anyone know what’s supposed to be attached to it right now the cover is just sitting on the distributor
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Is that ground for the radio interference?
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Is that ground for the radio interference?
Basically, yes... that was the purpose.
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? Is it assumed the black plastic ignition shroud is molded with some integral conductive metal/mesh/particles ?
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I was told there's a foil lining of some type on the plastic covers.
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Its a "tin foil hat" on the inside.
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Yes it has a thin aluminum sheet on the inside
now I know were that ground wire that was just laying there goes although the radio has been replaced
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