Re: Misaligned contact points

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August 4, 2016 at 5:21 pm #41588
frankr
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    The points gap in itself is not important. What is important is WHEN they open as the flywheel magnets pass by the coil. Setting the gap to .020" gets them very close to the correct time by establishing the time they strike the rise on the cam. "Close Enough" as they say.