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Re: How does a distributor work?
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Thu, 08 May 2003 07:18
 
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| pepsicola wrote on Thu, 08 May 2003 16:34 |
thanks for the info.
what i actually want to know is that, inside the dissy cap, there's five dots of metal there(one at the middle), which i think is use to distribute spark.
How does the spark from the middle be distributed to each of the four on the edge?
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The high voltage current gets from the central terminal to the outer ones by way of the rotor button.
| pepsicola wrote on Thu, 08 May 2003 16:34 |
I guess there's something spinning according to the exhaust cam. I want to know what does this thing look like, I guess it would touch the middle dot, consider the middle one has got a spring holding it. and does it touch each of the dots on the edge too?
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It can be driven off either cam, or as in other engines off an auxillary shaft. As for a spring thing, I think I want to see a pic before I make any further comment.
| pepsicola wrote on Thu, 08 May 2003 16:34 |
also the dots on the edge, are covered up with grey color stuff in my second hand dissy cap, should i clean this up to bare metal? and how?
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With a small file. Be sure not to scratch the actual cap as the current will potentially arc across to the scratch, resulting in misfiring/rough running.
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