Service adjustments

An ignition checklist for plugs, wires, cap, rotor, breaker points (.018–.020 in), condenser and coil, then distributor timing to the DIST flywheel mark with a test light and magneto timing to the MAG mark, including impulse coupling lag angles and .014–.016 in magneto points. Further topics: cold valve clearance adjustment, resetting the governor, gasoline carburetor idle and main jet adjustment, converting Marvel-Schebler carburetors to natural gas or liquid butane with an Ensign Model F regulator, and sizing volume tanks.

What this section covers

• Ignition checklist
• Distributor timing
• Magneto timing
• Valve clearance adjustment
• Carburetor adjustments
• Gas-fuel conversion
• Volume tanks