Pages 12–19 (8 pages)
Ignition System
From the 1943 United Motors War-Time Service Handbook
Distributor, coil, spark plug and cable service aimed at saving parts. It covers repairing cracked distributor caps and rotors with insulating varnish, dressing burned points with a file, breaker lever and contact point pressure, drying out condensers in an oven, checking automatic and vacuum advance, the ignition coil spark test, spark plug testing by shorting, cleaning and gap adjustment, and ignition cable inspection.
Read this section free, starting at page 12What this section covers
- Distributor cap and rotor inspection and repair
- Dressing ignition points and setting point pressure
- Condenser trouble correction
- Automatic and vacuum advance checks
- Ignition coil test, moisture and arcing
- Spark plug testing, cleaning and gap
- Ignition cable inspection
- Year
- 1943
- Make
- General Motors
- Type
- Service Manual
- Models
- All makes of cars in wartime service (not model-specific)
- Pages
- 70
What’s inside
Handbook
- Title Page, Foreword and ContentsCover and title page, a dedication to the mechanics maintaining the nation's largest transportation system, a foreword on wartime driving conditions and repairing instead of replacing, and the alphabetical contents list.pp. 1–5
- Starting Systempp. 6–11
- Ignition Systempp. 12–19
- Charging Circuitpp. 20–27
- Fuel SystemPreliminary fuel supply checks, fuel pump valve and diaphragm service with a cut-open view of the pump, the vacuum section of combination pumps (wiper action, oil smoke), and the carburetor float level check.pp. 28–30
- Cooling SystemFinding and repairing radiator, gasket and water pump leaks, and curing overheating: fan belt, rust and scale flushing, hoses, thermostat testing, ignition timing, dragging brakes and tire pressure.pp. 31–33
- Lightingpp. 34–37
- Gaugespp. 38–45
- Bearingspp. 46–49
- Shock AbsorbersShock absorber noise checks, locating an inoperative unit by bouncing the car, wear and fluid leakage checks, and refilling arm-and-piston, Knee-Action double arm and tubular (airplane) type absorbers.pp. 50–52
- Brakespp. 53–63
- Radiopp. 64–68
- United Motors LinesList of United Motors product lines, from Delco batteries, radios and shock absorbers to AC fuel pumps, Harrison radiators, Guide lamps, Klaxon horns and Hyatt and New Departure bearings.pp. 69–70
