I was replacing my distributor cap and rotor and while cursing at the limited clearance for an 8mm wrench, found this:

There are two leads which look like ground straps, about 8 or 10" long, coming off of the top bolt on the Oscillation Damper (black box attached to firewall).
The other ends (not shown in pic) have through-hole bolt terminals, and to my surprise were not connected to anything.
Question: What are these straps, and should they be connected to something??! A brief look at what ground connection diagrams I could find did not help me.
Thanks much,
--G.
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