Looking at it again I must admit that Bill is right, the ignition ECU is fused, but no fuse between relay and ignition coil. Only the resistor could be seen as a current limiting device. To see the wire itself uuuuhm well David, that's a bit extreme. But you are absolutely right - it wouldn't protect the cap either. The iginion coil could burn and break down, but that would not affect the cap. You guys really have strange problems :-) Btw - are there any pictures somewhere ? Elvis --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@...> wrote: > > Actually if you look at M:18:04 you will see the ignition ECU is > protected by fuse #1. Wires UY (Blue/Yellow) and W (White) are not > protected but they do come off the alternator splice at N (Brown). > That can be considered a "fusible Link" in that it is a small gauge > wire and a direct short will melt it. You are correct in that it could > have been better protected but I do not see how you could protect the > distributer cap from melting since that is in the secondary ignition > circuit and I have never seen that protected on any car. The only > guess I have without actually seeing what happened is maybe the > distributer cap was not on correctly and somehow that caused the > problem. Or one clip came undone and the cap was not securely fitted. > Since this is rather uncommon I would guess the problem is on that > particular car and not a fleet-wide problem. Having too wide a gap may > have contributed to this. It could also be that maybe the cap was > defective in some way or it was damaged during installation. Another > possability is a fuel leak leaking onto the distributer and the fuel > caught fire. Since you say the car was converted to a carbureator I > can't say with any certainty if that had anything to do with the fire. > David Teitelbaum > vin 10757 ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/