Piper Comanche PA-24 Service Manual page 436

PIPER COMANCHE SERVICE MANUAL
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WHITE TnnTI"_
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1,4 IN
,
SOFT WIRE/
3 4 IN.
SOL.OER ........
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CAM
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FIGURE 7-11_ MAGNETO TIMING MARKS FIGURE 7-12. TIMING POINTER
7-43. Adj ..........
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Of Reard Breaker
'oilla.
-200
series
mqne<os.
L
Insall
tiJniIIB
plate and pointer on JDIIIIC<os without
tiJniIIB
marks
cast
in the breaker
compartment (refer to Fiprc 7-13) or ill" the pointer on ","",C<os with
timiDJ
marks cut in the breaker
compartment. (Refer to F;,wc 7-14.)
NOTE
A timing kit. including timing piate. ctc .. may be pllrchased through the
engine or magneto manufacturer.
A
pointer may be fonned.
is
shown in
Figure 7-12.
NOTE
A pointer can also be made by wrapping. piece of soft wire tightly
around the head of cam securing screw and bending it to extend over
timiq marks.
b. Find ncumJ position of the m>gReto drive by roaring drive coupling in • left hand dir.ctlon unol
the red or white chamfered tooth on the disttibutor drive gear appean through the nnllng anspection hole
At the same location. the drive mould feel to have fillen into a notch or neutnl position.
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c. Hold the magneto drive in [he neutral position and bend the timing pointer until
it
indicates 0 on
the timing pi ... or in the breoker compartment.
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