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Date:         Thu, 11 Jun 1998 07:44:35 EDT
Reply-To:     GMBulley@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         GMBulley@AOL.COM
Subject:      Re: ring around the dizzy and other questions
Comments: To: Shaner@FAMENT.COM, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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In a message dated 98-06-10 14:17:52 EDT, Shaner@FAMENT.COM writes:


<< I didn't pay much attention to how the cyndrilical metal ring went around
 the dizzy. So I just put it back on there however it seemed to fit. Is
 there a special way this should fit? I don't understand its purpose. It
 has a ground wire coming off of it going to a spade connector. But where
 does it ground to? >>


The metal ring around the "dizzy" is a radio-buzz suppression gizmo, (not the
official VW title, for those flamers who want everyword on the list to be VW
gospel).


It shields the distributor and "absorbs" the radio-frequency disturbance that
the little spark-gap generator (your distributor) creates. The grounding strap
on it should plug int a wee-little spade on the side of the distributor.


The ring does fit on just one way: take off the distibutor cap, flip it over,
and look for the raised "land" in the circumferance. The metal gizmo has a
matching land, and the distributor body has a matching (receiving) detent.


bzzzzzzzzz.


gmbulley
cary, nc
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