I have a 1992 302 and i was messing with the distributor the other day and i took a rubber cap thing off and lost it. its not one of the wires, its covering an opening of some kind. If anyone could explain to me what this is that would be great and do i actually need the rubber piece on there?

 

It’s a vent for the cap it lets any moisture in the cap evaporate and keeps pressure from building up under cap. Yeah it needs to be on to keep moisture from getting in the cap through the opening.

 

alright ill have to n***er rig up something for now i guess ill see if anyplace is sellin them

 

why not just throw on a new dist. cap.

 

No more than they cost that would be what I would do.

 

Probably needs a new one anyways.

 

ya i think Ill do that, i have new wires and plugs for it to so i might as well pick one up. thanks for your input guys.