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PART
9-3-DUAL ADVANCE DISTRIBUTORS
9-19
COIL HIGH TENSION
WIRE
TERMII~AL
FIG. 2 - Vacuum Advance Mechanism
EJ
IN-CAR ADJUSTMENTS AND REPAIRS
BREAKER POINT AND
CONDENSER REPLACEMENT
The replacement procedures are
covered
in
page 9-7.
VACUUM DIAPHRAGM
REPLACEMENT
REMOVAL
1. Remove the distributor cap and
the rotor.
2. Remove the
vacuum
line from
the diaphragm fitting.
3. Remove the
spring
clip that
secures
the diaphragm link to the
movable breaker plate.
4. Remove the diaphragm retain-
ing
screws
and slide the diaphragm
out of the distributor.
INSTALLATION
1. Slide the diaphragm into the
opening in the distributor and place
the link in its position.
2. Install the
spring
clip that
secures the diaphragm link to the
movable breaker plate and the
diaphragm retaining
screws.
3. Install the
vacuum
line on the
diaphragm fitting.
4. Install the rotor and the dis-
tributor cap.
BREAKER PLATE AND
SUB-PLATE REPLACEMENT
Refer to Figs.
3
and 4 for the
proper location of parts.
REMOVAL
1. Remove the distributor cap and
the rotor.
2. Remove the breaker point as-
sembly, the condenser, and the
vacuum diaphragm.
3. Working from the inside of the
distributor, pull the primary wire
through the opening in the distribu-
tor.
4. Remove
the.
spring
clip, the flat
washer, and the
spring
washer secur-
ing the breaker plate to the
sub-plate.
5. Remove the
sub-plate
retaining
screws and lift both plates out of the
distributor.
INSTALLATION
1. Place the breaker plate in
position on the
sub-plate.
2. Install the
spring
washer, the
flat washer,
and
the
spring
clip that
secures the breaker plate to the
sub-plate.
3. Install the
sub-plate
hold down
screws
(the
ground
wire should
be
under the
sub-plate
hold down
screw
near
the primary
wire opening in the
distributor).
4. Working
from the inside of the
distributor, push the primary
wire
through the opening
in
the
dis-
tributor.
5. Install the breaker
point
assem-
bly, the condenser
and
the
vacuum
diaphragm.
6. Install the
rotor and the dis-
tributor cap.
CAM AND CENTRIFUGAL
ADVANCE MECHANISM
REPLACEMENT
REMOVAL
1. Remove the distributor
cap and
the
rotor.
2.
Working from the inside
of
the
distributor, pull the primary
wire
through the opening in the
distribu-
tor. •
3. Remove the
sub-plate retaining
screws
and lift the plate assembly
out of the distributor.
4. Mark one of the distrjbutor
weight springs and its brackets.
Also mark one of the weights
and
its pivot pin.
5. Carefully unhook
and remove
the
weight springs.

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