Oops broke a wire at the distributor ! Pics inside

[Joosty]

So I'm changing the timing belt and I start pulling hoses etc.

Then I notice this wire has disconnected from its source . All I know is it goes into the distributor and has a pigtail connection .

Any ideas ? Am I SOL and have to get a new distributor ?
Pic is in the link below

http://imageshack.us/a/img29/3066/imagegne.jpg

[speedfoos]

Ooof. I would try to carefully cut that rubber back and re-solder it before dropping a couple bennies on a new distributor.

[Hertz]

I would try to wire up a new plug.

[Cusser]

Originally Posted by speedfoos

Ooof. I would try to carefully cut that rubber back and re-solder it before dropping a couple bennies on a new distributor.

That's exactly what I did with a similar happening on my old Mazda truck. It turned out on mine that the "thing" was simply a radio static suppressor. Have you identified what that is on yours?

[Joosty]

Thanks for the responses guys. I might just have to re solder it or something

All I know is its apart of the distributor and I've seen pics of new distributors with this wire connected to the actual system .

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[Jrjones]

Just take the cap off and either solder it or re-wire it with a new wire, pin (for the connector), and blade terminal.
Don't need to cut any rubber anywhere (which could compromise the waterproofness of the distributor and lead to failure)

[grimgreg]

Originally Posted by Cusser

That's exactly what I did with a similar happening on my old Mazda truck. It turned out on mine that the "thing" was simply a radio static suppressor. Have you identified what that is on yours?

I'm fairly certain that is what that part does, eliminates electrical "noise". The D-21s had them on the wiring to the alternator, I broke one once and used a part out of a chevy points rebuild kit to replace it.

[Joosty]

Thanks for all the repsonses. You guys are all cool