<VV> RE.. BLACK DIST CAPS REVISITED

[vairjer at comcast.net]

Snip>> i am not a chemist , but those black caps PROBABLY did not have carbon or conducting materials in them, kinda like bakelite used on high voltage << 


Original Delco Remy supplied distributor caps were Bakelite for the bowl type distributors made in the 1960s....I was a quality control supervisor for awhile in the "Bakelite molding department"...Inserts were aluminum or brass, depending on the customer's request. The only carbon was in the contact ball in the center tower for the rotor spring to ride on to transfer the coil energy to the rotor. 


Later, when the HEI systems were introduced, putting out over 40KV, the material was changed to an Alkyd base. 




Jerry McKenzie 
former Delco Remy employee 
PCCA