DISTRIBUTOR MAGNETO (WICO
A f t e r e v e r y 500 h o u r s of o p e r a t i o n , r e m o v e d i s t r i b u t o r
c a p . L u b r i c a t e c a m wick with
g r e a s e , t h e n c h e c k condition of b r e a k e r c o n t a c t s .
If
d i r t y ,
with l a c q u e r t h i n n e r a n d c o a r s e cloth. If s l i g h t a m o u n t of pitting a n d m e t a l t r a n s f e r i s noted, d r e s s
c o n t a c t s with e i t h e r a s m a l l tungsten f i l e o r a fine s t o n e . C o n t a c t point gap m u s t be r e a d j u s t e d when-
e v e r c o n t a c t s a r e r e p l a c e d o r s e r v i c e d .
U s e
following p r o c e d u r e t o a d j u s t gap:
1.
T u r n e n g i n e o v e r b y hand u n t i l c o n t a c t points a r e wide open ( a t h i g h e s t point on c a m ) .
2 .
L o o s e n two c l a m p s c r e w s s l i g h t l y s o t h a t c o n t a c t p l a t e c a n b e moved.
3 .
I n s e r t b l a d e of s c r e w d r i v e r in a d j u s t i n g s l o t a n d m o v e c o n t a c t p l a t e u n t i l
m a x i m u m
c l e a r a n c e i s m e a s u r e d ( f e e l e r g a u g e ) b e t w e e n c o n t a c t s . S e c u r e l y t i g h t e n c l a m p s c r e w s
a f t e r a d j u s t m e n t .
R e p l a c e c o n t a c t points if badly w o r n o r pitted. R e p l a c e a s a s e t - - d o not r e p l a c e only one c o n t a c t .
R e p l a c e a s follows:
R e m o v e d i s t r i b u t o r g e a r s c r e w a n d g e a r .
2 .
T o r e m o v e b r e a k e r a r m , r e m o v e s p r i n g c l a m p s c r e w , a r m l o c k and w a s h e r t h e n s l i p a r m
o f f pivot. D i s c a r d old b r e a k e r a r m .
3.
B r e a k e r p l a t e i s r e m o v e d a f t e r s p a c e r w a s h e r a n d two c l a m p s c r e w s a r e r e m o v e d .
D i s c a r d old b r e a k e r p l a t e .
4.
R e v e r s e p r o c e d u r e t o i n s t a l l new b r e a k e r p l a t e a n d a r m ( w h i c h include new c o n t a c t s ) t h e n
a d j u s t c o n t a c t point gap p e r p r e v i o u s i n s t r u c t i o n s . R e m o v e and d i s c a r d old c a m wick a n d
r e p l a c e with new wick, l u b r i c a t i n g with Rycon g r e a s e .
Magnetos a r e t i m e d to the engine i n the f a c t o r y and
should not be n e c e s s a r y u n l e s s the
m a g n e t o h a s b e e n r e m o v e d f o r reconditioning o r s o m e o t h e r r e a s o n . Magnetos s h o u l d b e reconditioned
only a t qualified m a g n e t o r e p a i r s t a t i o n s s i n c e s p e c i a l tools a n d t e s t i n s t r u m e n t s a r e r e q u i r e d . If
m a g n e t o h a s b e e n r e m o v e d , i t m u s t b e
t o engine a s follows:
1.
R e m o v e
s p a r k plug ( c y l i n d e r c l o s e s t to f l y w h e e l ) , t u r n engine o v e r by hand until c o m -
p r e s s i o n i s on
c y l i n d e r a n d
m a r k on f l y w h e e l i s c e n t e r e d i n t i m i n g s i g h t hole.
2 .
T u r n m a g n e t o g e a r c o u n t e r - c l o c k w i s e until white m a r k a p p e a r s in s i g h t window on d i s t r i b u -
t o r o r end c a p . When m a r k a p p e a r s , g e a r should hold i n t h i s p o s i t i o n .