re: "Gapped it by sight!"
Trivia: The folding cover of a matchbook--the old-fashioned paper
variety--is approximately 0.015" thick; the nominal points gap setting,
and pulling the cover through closed points will (somewhat) clean them.
Bob
On 6/9/2015 7:27 AM, Alan Seigrist wrote:
> John -
>
> You must have had an old unit. I had the same thing happen to me 10
> years ago and Pertrinix replaced it gratis. Turns out the old magnet
> sleeves were just a bit too big and could delaminate after rubbing on
> the contact plate. They fixed it with the new ones and it's no longer
> a problem.
>
> Of course, I carried spare points in my car, swapped them out, had my
> BJ8 running again in 15 minutes. Gapped it by sight! Was good enough
> to to get home,
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alan
>
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