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Show More Attention Should Be Paid to the Magneto Do not think because the magneto gives you such faithful service that It never has troubles of its own. You probably give it a drop of oil in each oil lead once a week. But the distributor dis-tributor should be cleaned occasionally, occasional-ly, using a brush or a piece of cloth dipped in gasoline. The dust which accumulates ac-cumulates on it will soon short-circuit it, "causing the engine to miss explosions. explo-sions. Dust sometimes accumulates inside the distributor, which must be removed for cleaning. Another trouble trou-ble is pitting the platinum points of the circuit breaker. When this occurs oc-curs no current can run at all. If this trouble is suspected run a strip of fine (not coarse) emery cloth between the points a few times. Do not attempt at-tempt to file them. If circuit-breaker gap is out of adjustment, do not attempt at-tempt to remedy it yourself. |