Milford News | 1930-05-30 | Page 6 | Point Adjusting Quite Easy if Car is in Gear

Point Adjusting Quite Easy If Car Is in Gear One of the things that slows up the work of adjusting breaker points is the difficulty of turning over the engine until the points just open. It seldom can be done with the starter-motor, starter-motor, since the engine has a tendency ten-dency to stop in the closed position of the points. The hand crank is the usual way of doing the Job, but sometimes the owner own-er does not have his crank handy, and getting It out at best is always a nuisance. In repair shops, therefore, they have figured out a way to accomplish ac-complish results with a minimum of delay and effort. The trick is to place the car In gear, with ignition off, and move it a little, forward or backward. This turns the engine very slowly until the points break. Usually In their open position the points should space somewhere between be-tween .015 and .020 Inch. It varies somewhat with different makes.