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often break a rotor. Then install your spare rotor, and you shouldbe going again.If you are able to turn the rotor shaft more than about a halfan inch (or all the way around) then the distributor drive key orcoupling pin has probably sheared and you will have to pull thewhole distributor out of the engine. More on that later.If the distributor shaft and rotor seem okay, take the coil’ssecondary wire (the thick one) out of the distributor cap, leavingits other end connected to the coil. Turn the ignition switchon. Hold the coil’s secondary wire about a quarter-inch from aIf you have a WWII or pre M-series HMV, then you should know that practicallyany distributor for a Dodge, Chrysler, Plymouth or Fargo 230 or 260 engine willwork in your Dodge truck, whether three-quarter-ton WC, or the earlier half-tonand pre-war VC models. These civilian distributors can also be adapted to yourM37. For CCKWs or WWII Chevy trucks, just about any civilian distributor froma Chevy 216 or 235 engine, or a GMC 228, 236, 248, 270, or 302 will work. Evenif your HMV is a Studebaker, Ford or IHC, you can usually find a distributor ona civilian car or truck of similar vintage. Also keep in mind that the parts ofmost older distributors will interchange, so with a little field ingenuity you canusually cobble together something that will work.42 www.militaryvehiclesmagazine.comknown ground just as you did with the spark plug wire in the firsttest. Then, with a small screwdriver, pencil, pen, twig, whatever,open and close (“break”) the distributor points. If the points werealready open, up on a lobe of the distributor cam, turn the ignitionswitch off and rotate the engine, either by hand or with thestarter, to close the points. Then turn the ignition switch backon. Normally, when you break the points with a pencil or screwdriver,there should be a small spark at the point contacts and thecoil’s secondary wire should spark strongly at the ground. If thishappens, it usually means that both the coil and the condenserare okay, but the points could be dirty, burned, or out ofadjustment. Turn the ignition switch off. (Incidentally,if you break the points with your fingertip instead of apencil or screwdriver, you may get a small shock.)The point gap gets smaller (closes up) over time asthe rubbing block wears away; and on vehicles that sit alot the distributor cam may get rusty, which will rapidlywear down the rubbing block. The cam may be polishedwith fine crocus cloth—be sure to clean all the grit outof the distributor afterward—and you should always usea little cam lube grease to prolong the life of the rubbingblock. The point contacts will eventually burn, even innormal operation; however this burning will be drasticallyaccelerated if the ignition switch is left on when theengine isn’t running. Another common cause of burnedpoints is a failing or failed condenser (sometimes calleda capacitor) or the wrong condenser for your vehicle.Clean the points now, either with a points file or withcrocus cloth, then re-set the gap with the contacts fullyopen on a cam lobe. If you don’t have a feeler gauge—and shame if you don’t—a paper matchbook cover willgive you a point setting of about .020”... a setting atwhich most common HMVs will run. Install the rotorand distributor cap, and put the coil’s secondary wireback into the cap’s center terminal. Turn the ignitionswitch on and try to start the engine. If it starts, thendirty, burned, or out of adjustment points were the mostlikely problem... though the condenser may have failedor be failing.If, when performing the test of manually breakingthe points, you get a small spark at the point contactsbut no large spark from the coil’s secondary wire, andyou’re sure the coil is properly grounded to the engine,then it’s just about certain you have a bad coil. Installyour spare coil.An ignition coil is like a light bulb: 99 percent ofthe time it either works or it doesn’t and there’s no wayto fix it, so always carry a spare. Make sure that the polarityof its two small wires are correct... on negativegroundsystems (most common U.S. MVs, where thebattery’s negative post is grounded) the wire from theignition switch goes to the coil’s positive terminal whilethe small wire to the distributor is connected to the coil’snegative terminal.On less common positive-ground systems (someFords, IHCs, and early model Land Rovers) where thebattery’s positive post is grounded, the small coil wiresare connected just the opposite. Your engine will still run
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