Is there something missing in this pic of my distributor?

[hellboy006]

I was changing my oil today and noticed there is a little tab that looks like a wire should go on it... is something missing here?



a better pic...

[gumby74]

Every time I change my oil I look at that tab and wonder what should go there.So using my superhuman deductive powers and the vast intellect that is this here internet, I crimped a female connector to a small bit of wire and connected it to the tab.And nothing else.

I would assume it would be for a ground of some sort, but I have yet to find the wire on my car nor any of the ones at the junkyard I visit on occasion.

[kingkong8247]

I have that too, I just used it as a ground but don't know if it did anything

[hellboy006]

Wickid... i guess it goes to nothing.. lol.

[TDS]

I'm not 100% sure but i want to say it's specifically the ground for the AC compressor. I recall that tab when i removed my AC, but that was 2 yrs ago.

[hellboy006]

well the car that the pic was taken from has working AC....

[sloweighty]

a friend that i know that is a tuner, he told me its just for the dealer, because thats how the check the status of the distributor. (PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG)

ps. is not a (ground)

[DALAZ_68]

is that a sohc...cuz if i remember correctly it is a ground for a stock dizzy on the sohc...cuz my dizzy had a wire coming out of it and was a single wire and t connected to that tab...

[hellboy006]

a friend that i know that is a tuner, he told me its just for the dealer, because thats how the check the status of the distributor. (PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG)

ps. is not a (ground)

That makes sense holmes... i bet it is how they check the timing at the dealer...or some **** like that.

[Rucca]

That makes sense holmes... i bet it is how they check the timing at the dealer...or some **** like that.

Nope. Consult (Nissan scan tool) reads timing. Or a timing light is easy to hook up, way easier than hooking up something to that tab.

[nismopu]

your all kinda wrong and right at the same time, its more for noise cancelation. Its so the CAS does not get any interference from other electrical components. The dizzy is grounded out through the ecu not buy that cute little tab. peace.

[hellboy006]

say wut?! lol... jebus. thats crazy.