Checking Contact Points - Saab 96 Owner's Manual

* Checking Contact Points
The contact points and point gap should be checked every 12,000 km
(8,000 miles). Remove the distributor cap and rotor. Make sure
that the contact surfaces of the points are clean and not burnt to the
extent that they must be replaced.
Do not forget to lubricate the breaker arm pivot with the same
lubricant as used on the lubricating felts for the breaker cam and
rotor shaft. Note. All lubrication in the distributor should be moderate.
Fig. 27. Ignition Distributor
1. Contact points 7. Clamp spring
2. Breaker cam 8.
3. Primary cable terminal 9.
4. Breaker arm 10.
5. Breaker arm pivot 11.
6. Condenser
After checking the contact points, the point gap should always be
adjusted. The correct gap is 0.3—0.4 mm (.012—.016 in.) measured
when the breaker arm peg is on the highest point of a cam. Use a
feeler gauge when checking. The gap is adjusted by loosening the
lock screw 11, fig. 27, of the stationary point. Then turn the eccentric
adjusting screw 9 until the correct gap is obtained and tighten the
lock screw. Check the gap again and, if correct, fit the rotor.
Note. When fitting the rotor, the lock washer for its lock screw
must be replaced by a new one. After adjustment of the point gap,
always check the ignition timing.
Grease felts
Adjusting screw
Fixed breaker point
Lock screw
* See page 6.
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