lets discuss the braided wire in the distributor, repair? Options

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there is a braided copper wire soldered between the plates in the distributor. i suppose this provides positive contact between the plates as they may get electrically isolated from each other. however, repairing the wire could require resoldering one end to one of the metal plates. soldering is hard enough, but the plate acts as a great heat sink, being metal and all, and prevents the soldering from ... doing what solder does ... "attach"? connect? also, if one was successful in soldering, the wire may prevent the plate from moving as much as it needs to move to provide the advance that the vacuum applied to the dashpot is trying to provide (the root of my question in this thread) by teathering the plate and preventing proper movement. so, how would you treat the unattached braided wire in a distributor?