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distributor ground wire?
there is a wire attached to my distributor that looks like a bare ground wire but it is not attached to anything, i have a msd 6a with points would anyone know if it should be attached?
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10-01-2002, 10:05 AM
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No such thing. You should only have the one wire from your coil to the distributor.
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10-01-2002, 01:10 PM
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There is a small braided ground wire from the dist body to the plate on which the points are attatched.
Is this what you mean? Jeff 911T |
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10-01-2002, 04:09 PM
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the car runs good so i haven't really checked but will tonite
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10-02-2002, 11:05 AM
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10-02-2002, 12:11 PM
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Yea, but his car runs!
So it's definately not that one he's talking about Jeff |
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10-02-2002, 12:45 PM
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Since we have no clue what year car is being referenced here ... it is hard to say for sure!
But, all '69 - '77 Bosch CDI installations had a ground braid strap/shield that ran from the CDI-unit to distributor body, and also to the coil! The schematic section below clearly shows the brained ground straps: 
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10-02-2002, 12:57 PM
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sorry, the car is a 1975 911s 2.7l with cis and a msd in replace of the original porsche capaitive discharge setup.
maybe that is why the wire is not connected? |
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10-02-2002, 05:15 PM
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Mine doesn't - makes sense
It will have tommorow Jeff |
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10-02-2002, 06:31 PM
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i found out that the wire is the shield on the distributor wire it was separated.
sorry for the late post, just found this out. gary
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Hi,
I have a mystery ground wire and this post basically described, but I still can't tell where the wire is supposed to connect. Here is a picture. Can someone tell me where it is supposed to connect to? Is it possible that I cut that wire when I installed the Pertronix? I don't remember.  Thanks!
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Neil,
The ground strap originally had a large 'ring' style terminal lug [and a oversize M8 flat washer fit under it] on the stud that clamped the distributor body in place.
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