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Old 12-08-2023, 05:24 PM   #51
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Default Re: 47 V8 ignition mystery

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Originally Posted by Old Henry View Post
Good "point".


Next time I'll use my Dremel spinning engraver instead of the jackhammer.


Thanks.

Why would you NOT use masking tape, for instance? Whether you use a "jackhammer" or spinning engraver, any time you disturb the finished surface on a distributor cap, you introduce POSSIBLE pathways for errant current travel. It's been proven in the past that these pathways or anomalies in the cap's surface don't necessarily need to be visible for them to exist. Electricity only knows to follow whatever path that physics has deemed the easiest way to get back to ground, whether it makes sense to us humans, or not!

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