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Old May 12th, 2021, 16:35   #36
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Careful with those Djet trigger points in the base of the distributor. Not subject to arcing and pitting. No emery cloth or the like for them. They don’t wear out like ignition points due to the low voltage. A simple swipe through with paper/thin cardboard is all that is required to clean them.

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Thanks for clarifying that - my earlier post didn't make it clear (although that was what i intended! ) that the lower D-Jet trigger points require barely any maintenance and only really need checking in the event of a complete dizzy stripdown/rebuild and/or catastrophic failure.

The main point was to remind Alan it is almost certainly going to have contact breaker ignition so if any problems are experienced they may be the cause.

That said, if it hasn't been run for longer runs, it's possible that D-Jet points may have oxidised too and low current won't clean that oxidisation in normal running........
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