Re: How necessary is the "anti-flash cover" in a 1978 MGB

["Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>]

More likely blow the electronics under where it should be, I've always 
assumed, and as such pretty major and sudden :o)  OTOH maybe 'flash' refers 
to light from the spark jumping from rotor to cap confusing an optical 
trigger, rather than an HT spark jumping to where it shouldn't.

PaulH.

----- Original Message ----- 
> How necessary is the "anti-flash cover" in a 1978 MGB distributor? I 
> believe
> the distributor is the original (electronic) piece.