1948-1952 Shop Service Manual - - Hudson-Essex-Terraplane Club

6 - 22 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
6. Remove breaker plate screws (C) and bearing retainer
clips, and lift out breaker plate.
Items 7 through 10 apply to both 6 and 8 cylinder
engines.
7. Remove oil wick from cam and remove hairpin retainer
from oil well.
8. Pull cam off shaft.
9. Remove centrifugal weights and springs.
NOTE: Use care to prevent distortion of springs.
10. Drive pin from collar or gear on shaft below distributor
housing and remove shaft from top of distributor.
ASSEMBLY, 6 and 8 CYLINDER:
1. Install new shaft and bushings in distributor base if
clearance between shaft and bushings is greater than
.005". Soak bushings in engine oil for 15 minutes before
Installing shaft.
2. Install distributor shaft, thrust washer,. collar or gear
and pin.
3. Check distributor shaft end play for minimum of .010".
4. Install centrifugal weights and springs.
5. Install cam, hairpin retainer, and oil wick. Apply a
drop of engine oil to centrifugal weight pivots and
cam slots.
6. Pack breaker plate bearing 1/2 full of high melting
point grease and Install breaker plate, bearing retainers
and breaker plate screws. On 6 cylinder Models,
Install breaker points and condenser on breaker plate
before Installing plate. Install plate and distributor
cap clips and screws and Install primary lead screw.
(Do not allow wire from breaker arm to primary
terminal to ground on breaker plate.)
7. Install vacuum control unit.
8. Replace stationary contact, breaker arm, and condenser
and adjust point gap.
9. Attach primary and condenser leads to clip on breaker
arm spring and check spring tension.
NOTE: Make sure ground wire (E), Figure 17, is securely
attached to upper and lower sections of breaker
plate and that condenser lead and mounting are tight.
10. Coat cam lobes lightly with water pump grease and
soak the oil wick with engine oil. Place a drop of light
engine oil on the breaker arm pivot.
11. Replace rotor.