I have another possible theory. Assume this happened on a carbureated car. If the car did not have proper crankcase ventilation the crankcase *could* have built up positive pressure which could include oil vapors and gas fumes. They could travel through the bearings into the top of the distributer where the sparks between the rotor and cap could have ignited them. I have to consider the carbureator conversion could be responsible. That or again, maybe a fuel leak dripping onto the distributer ignited by an improperly inserted #2 spark plug wire which was sparking inside the well of the distibuter cap. Just intelligent guesses. An electrical fire IMHO would not have caused this all by itself. There had to also be "fuel" added to it. It DOES point out the weak link of not having a protected primary ignition circuit but that is pretty common on a lot of cars. But that is not what burned. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <martin@...> wrote: > > Hi Farrar, no, a fuse should always go as close as possible to the power > supply, so you'd need to trace the white wire back through the b ------------------------------------ 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/