Rolls-Royce Corniche - Contact Breaker Points-To Fit; Dwell Angle-To Set; Exploded View 35 D8 Distributor

Workshop Manual
Rolls- Royce Silver Shadow & Bentley T Series
Chapter M
FIG. M9 EXPLODED VIEW 35 08 DISTRIBUTOR
1 Rotor arm
2 Contact breaker
3 Contact breaker base date
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2'
4 Earth cable
/ 11
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5 Contact breaker bearing plate
6 Centrifugal timing control springs
7 Centrifugal timing control weights
-12 8 Grommet
9 Vacuum unit
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10 Oil release hole
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11 Low tension cable
12 Low tension lead
13 Fixed contact
14 Capacitor
15 Cam
16 Distance collar
17 Contact breaker adjuster
18 '0' ring
Contact breaker points-To remove
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Cars from Car Serial Number 8742
1.
Remove the distributor cap and rotor.
2.
Remove the nut from the terminal post.
3.
Remove the electrical connections and contact
breaker spring.
4. Remove the moving contact.
5.
Unscrew the cheese-headed screw securing the
fixed contact.
6. Remove the fixed contact.
7.
Examine the contact points for 'pitting' and
'piling', and if necessary clean them with a fine
carborundum stone, ensuring that the contact faces
are square. If the contact surfaces are damaged, they
should be renewed.
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Contact breaker points-To fit
1. Reverse !he procedure given for removal.
2.
Set the dwell angle as described in Dwell angle
To set.
Dwell angle-To set
Cars from Car Serial Number 8742 without
Opus ignition
1.
Fit a dwell angle meter to the engine as
described in the manufacturer's instructions.
2.
Check that the dwell angle (cam closed position)
is between
26O - 28O.
3.
Adjust the dwell angle by turning the
hexagonal adjustment screw
(see fig. M9 1.
L 729
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