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Distributor Cap|Description and Operation|Page 2554 > < Ignition Cable|Specifications|Page 2549
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Distributor Cap: Description and Operation

PURPOSE

Used to provide a path for secondary voltage from the coil, to the rotor, to the correct spark plug wire.

OPERATION

High tension secondary voltage from the ignition coil is distributed by the rotor to the towers of the distributor cap in a pre-set sequence, and from
there to the spark plug wires which carry the current to the spark plugs.

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