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From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Instructions for adjusting the platinum point gap on a magneto's contact breaker using a jig.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 72\4\  scan0356
Date  5th February 1925 guessed
  
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the distributor wheel. Should it, however, be desired to adjust the platinum point gap without removing the magneto, the contact breaker can be removed from the magneto in position and the contact points correctly set to distance by placing the breaker in a jig provided for the purpose, of which the inside diameter upon which the rubbing block bears, is the exact equivalent of the inside diameter of the cams which actuate the breaker, namely, 1.580±1




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