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system to dual exhaust. A ruptured vacuum advance diaphragm also will contribute to premature valve ...

valve life was extended by the looser clearances. Lean fuel mixtures will also shorten valve life ...

I BREAKER POINTS FOR BEGINNERS By Steve Turchet once knew a twenty-something guy who purchased a 1964 CJ- ...

distributor rotor, distributor cap, a condenser and breaker points. In this case the Jeep was a civ ...

Jeeps were so rare — at least in my area — that their drivers usually waved to each other out ...

hard way why you should be familiar with a vehicle — especially a military vehicle — befor ...

Figure 1. This is a six-volt non-waterproof system, typical as used on most WWII-vintage military vehicle ...

distributor components such as rotors, caps and condensers, and sometimes the ignition coil? Simply ...

with a non-waterproof or civilian type distributor. Figure 3. Two components vital to the operation of a ...

of the spark plugs through the spark plug wires via the rotor and cap. Figure 4. An ignition coil transfo ...

creating a charge with an electromagnetic field between the primary and secondary windings. This charge is ...

Figure 5. Setting mechanical breaker points is a process that looks and sounds simple. However, the process is of ...

manual. Figure 5 offers a good illustration of setting the points on a WWII GMC CCKW. The process ...

Old points that aren’t badly eroded or burned can usually be cleaned with a special ignition points file ...

part of the MV experience. ...

O TWO-CYLINDER TEAR-DOWN Waking up a 1915 International Harvester Co. engine A 1915 engine, carefully removed ...

throttle to an idling position. Sounds complicated? It was all part of the start-up process for a two- cylin ...

identical. The two cylinders were inspected, then cleaned and soon disassembled. Good oiling was the first and f ...

make plenty of notes. Much of the restoration process centers on giving parts a good cleaning. ...

Pistons were removed. Close inspection and measurements revealed no scoring. Even the age-old oil rings wer ...