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Exterior of gas generator's igniter ports.

Picture 2 of 2.

During engine startup, propellants would enter the the combustor through the gas generator's injector. Pyrotechnic igniters mounted on these bosses would initiate combustion.

Note the igniter wire just counter-clockwise of the 3:00 position.

 
Igniter bosses on Gas Generator Combustor from Jeff Bezos recovered F-1 Apollo 11 rocket engines
Time picture taken Thu Dec 5 14:42:28 2013
Location picture taken Warehouse Floor
Cosmosphere SpaceWorks Facility
Hutchinson, KS
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