Replacing the filler cap

One thing that's been on my wish list for a long time, is to replace this old filler cap. The plastic glass is so cracked that you can hardly see the horse, which is a shame of course.

One of my birthday gifts from friends and family was this new filler cap. Looks a lot better don't you think?

Yes, it does! :-)

I looked around a bit more and noticed this little thing that sits at the bottom of the engine, I think just on top of the crank. What is it?

And in the electrical department I found this loose connector. it looked like it had been in use once. What was it for? Hmm...

And finally I noticed my seat is loose and the discovered that this nut isn't fixed all the way. However, when I try to fasten it, the whole thing spins along. I looked underneath the car to see if I could keep it from moving there but I couldn't see anything. To be continued...

Checking a spark plug and the distributor

I wanted to check a few things in the ignition system today, mainly the spark plugs and the distributor.

Actually I was thinking of just replacing all 8 spark plugs but getting the easiets one out was already such a pain in the ass that I just put it back and left the other 7 alone.

So I now know that there are ACDelco plugs in it and that the one I took out seems OK. Well, I think.

OK, yes?

Then I had a look in the distributor. I didn't know exactly how it works but when I found out I was pretty perplexed. So the blue thingy in the picture below just shaves against the copper contacts here? Really?

Not sure if this looks OK or not...