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setting breakers using continuity method ?

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cutz08

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i'm trying to set my points with a continuity tester i have the condenser and other points isolated plus the positive lead from the coil disconnected. this should leave the points the only flow but i have continuity with the point breaker open or closed. any ideas anyone
 
You leave one wire from the coil on the points !!!-----------------Remove coil ground wire and connect meter.---other meter lead to ground.----------Line up timing marks using the factory timing fixture or your flywheel.--------------Now set point to OPEN
 
my manual says to pull the main lead which i took to mean the positive wire and left the negative on the coil. i have the timing marks one for each point. in place. i have card board under condenser and between the opposite point and it's cam. i think that there is a coating on the new points and used my point file to lightly remove the film and it seems to do it at least for the first on i'm going to do the other now. and is this the best way to do this like the manual says. oh when i finished the first one the gag was about right with the feeler gage
 
1964 75 horse evivrude v4 and its a down loaded version of the original service manual for evinrude and johnson 1958 to 1972 50 horse to 125 it has the photos of my motor and it seems pretty good but it has typo's in it. you can tell it was done with a type writer
 
Haven't worked on one of those in years.----------------Follow the manual it will be correct.-------Why the cardboard tricks ????
 
to stop the other parts that are in series from grounding and completing the circuit so that when the point that is being adjusted is the only path to ground. at least thats what i think the manual is referring to it gets a little vague sometimes but all in all it's been a big help even if it 30 plus year old manual it's all old school but so is the motor
 
If one set of points is " open " does it matter if the other set is closed ???------------------After all there is only one wire to the coil !
 
i,m using a multi meter and the continuity meter is by sound and until i isolated all the parts it would sound off i think that if i pulled the one on the other point it would probably not do that but if that point was still siting on the cam it would still find a ground that way. oh and what do you know about this engine so far when i have had it out it seems too be a strong torque motor. when i turn hard it hardly stalls and it's on a 1964 Larson lap-line 17 foot fiberglass boat
 
I used to work on those every day back when I started on motors ( 1968 ) or so.----------------Good rugged motors.----------Please review carefully how you are setting the points with the meter.-------------------The battery puts current through the coil and the points and the spark is generated when the points " open "----------------the meter would then show infinity --------------The buzzer would stop.
 
yes that is what the manual is saying that i set the rotor on the appropriate timing mark for that point and adjust the screw just until the buzzer stops and that it. that should be the right gap i also checked with the .020 gage and it was real close to the gage. i also turned the fly wheel around several times and rechecked. sound good ?
 
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