Yup, he's sure... that's what it does on my 1985 vanagon.

At 01:01 PM 4/10/2003 -0700, developtrust wrote:
>Are you sure? Isn't this for testing equipment to attach to it?
>
>William
>
>
> > There is a ground wire that goes to the metal shield on the outside of the
> > distributor cap.  Maybe somebody has discarded the shield?
> >
> >
> >       Jay
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Pernice, Vincent" <Pernice@GENTA.COM>@gerry.vanagon.com> on 04/10/2003
> > 03:34:44 PM
> >
> > Please respond to "Pernice, Vincent" <Pernice@GENTA.COM>
> >
> > Sent by:    Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
> >
> >
> > To:    vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > cc:
> > Subject:    What is this connector for?
> >
> >
> > Just below distributor cap, on the right side of the distributor itself I
> > have what appears to be a "prong" that would accept a spade type
>connector.
> > This is on my '85 1.9L. Any ideas? Another grounding site perhaps?
> > Vince
> >
> >
> >
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