A distributor cap is one of two vital parts (the other being the rotor) found in distributors, an electrical-mechanical ignition system that was invented in the early 1900s and used in early ...

You'll reuse this, along with your distributor cap. See All 26 Photos. 07Disconnect the wire from the points that connects to the Negative post on the coil. See All 26 Photos.

A distributor cap with solid-brass terminals and ignition-rotor button; If you don’t like the conversion idea, and a factory HEI distributor won’t clear the firewall on your application, ...

Ignition Cap. The ignition (or distributor) cap is where ignition wires that run to the spark plugs receive high-voltage current from the ignition coil.

So, it must be time to do what Dad always did when the Buick started to misfire--install a new distributor cap and plug wires. Fixed it every time.

When General Motors introduced the High Energy Ignition (HEI) distributor in the mid-1970s, it was revolutionary. So much so that it still has a strong following among today's hot rodders. Like ...

This car has an old-fashioned distributor cap and rotor. Most likely, when you forded the Nile that night, you got water inside the distributor cap, and it’s causing the misfire by creating a ...

Chevrolet's first V8 engine, the 288-cubic-inch Series D, came out in 1917 with a mid-engine distributor location. That early V8 was discontinued in 1919 after being placed in about 3,000 cars.