I'm finally getting around to posting some pictures of the radio suppression capacitor, and how to get at it. I have added red outline boxes to identify key parts. Bear in mind pictures are taken from driver's side, so image left = front of car.
From left to right, the red boxes indicate:
1. The external mounting screw for the capacitor, which needs to be removed from the outside of the distributor housing, so you can remove the capacitor which sits inside the housing).
2. The infamous brown wire from the radio suppression capacitor, the end of which attaches to the forward pole of the distributor's internal coil. If the capacitor is blown, it will prevent the engine from running and continuously blow the 30 amp AM2 fuse. The short-term solution is to snip the capacitor no longer has contact with the coil (see #3).
3. The forward pole of the internal coil, to which the brown capacitor wire attaches.
I will also upload some images of the fried capacitor.
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Same as above, different angle.
Again, same thing from different angle.
Here's some pictures of the capacitor
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