cracked or having broken or damaged terminals. Replace the coil if any of these conditions are evident. 2. Perform a coil secondary, continuity and capacity test following the instructions of the test set manufacturer. Replace the coil if not up to specifications.
the terminals facing upward and secure with the two cap screws and lock washers. 3. Connect the distributor primary wire to the "DIST" terminal and the other primary wire to the "BAT" terminal with nuts and lockwashers. NOTE: Be careful not to overtighten the pri.
mary terminal nuts and break the studs.
C. InstaUation
4. Push the secondary wire (high tension) into the coil socket as far as possible then slip the rubber sea! into place.
L Secure the coil in the mounting bracket. 2. Hold the coil in place on the cylinder block with
DISTRIBUTOR The distributor is mounted on the right side of the engine and is driven by a gear on the camshaft. One of the distributor functions is to interrupt the current flow through the primary winding of the ignition coil, thus causing the coil to produce voltage high enough to jump the gap at the spark plugs at the desired instant during the compression stroke. As engine speed increases, the spark must occur earlier at the spark plugs. This is accomplished by an automatic spark advance that is controlled by centrifugal weights in the distributor. This is necessary to allow the fuel air mixture sufficient time to ignite and burn. The centrifugal weights, advance the breaker cam to give a predetermined variation in spark advance for different engine speeds. An accurate measurement of spark timing at any given engine rpm can only be determined on the engine by use of a timing light.
2. Lift the breaker dust cover, retainer, seal and gasket from the distributor as an assembly. 3. Remove the nut and lockwasher that connects the condenser lead and primary conductor to the breaker points.
4. Remove the screws that attach the breaker points and condenser to the breaker plate. S. Remove the two screws that attach the breaker plate to the distributor base. Lift the plate from the base.
6. Remove the nut, lockwBsher, insulator bushing, insulator, conductor, and brass screw from the distributor base.
7. Remove the snap ring that secures the cam and weights to the distributor shaft. Lift the cam and weights from the shaft.
A. Removal
8. File the upset end of the rivet that secures the distributor gear to the shaft until it is flush with the gear. Remove the rivet with a punch.
1. Disconnect the primary wire at the distributor. 2. Unsnap the two distributor cap bale clamps and lift the distributor cap off the distributor.
9. Remove the gear from the shaft with Remover 12390-C-3, as shown in Figure 5.
S. Scribe a mark on the dust cap opposite the rotor contact. Note the position of the primary terminal on the distributor so that it may be located in the same approximate position when installing the distributor.
10. Carefully pry the oil seal out of the lower end of the distributor base. 11. With the distributor base in the inverted posi. tion, drive the bushing out of the base with Distributor Shaft Bushing Remover 12132-B-l, as shown in Figure 6.
4. Remove the two screws and distributor damps then lift the distributor out of the cylinder block. NOTE: Do not crllnh the engine after tile dis-
NOTE: Do not remove tlU! bushing if not necessary to replace it. See paragraph C. 2.
tributor has l)een removed.
B. Disassembly
C. Cleaning and Inspection
1. Place the distributor in Holding Block 12132·c' Remove the rotor and distributor shaft spring, Figure 4, from the distributor shaft.
1. Soak all parts of the distributor assembly (except the condenser, breaker point assembly, and
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