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  • March 10, 2026 at 5:17 pm #308214
    Edwin Howard
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      Does anyone know what I should set the point gap to on a 1942 evinrude sportsman?

      March 10, 2026 at 5:39 pm #308219
      RICHARD A. WHITE
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        .02 would do just fine I would think.

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        March 10, 2026 at 10:20 pm #308293
        Waunnaboat
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          Business cards should be just about the right thickness give or take.

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          March 11, 2026 at 8:36 am #308426
          JACQUES
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            the gap value itself is not as important as openning at the proper moment typically TDC    see video on timing on the conventional mags

            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga1Cjymj6ms&feature=youtu.be

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            March 11, 2026 at 9:09 am #308434
            RICHARD A. WHITE
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              JACQUES wrote:

              the gap value itself is not as important as openning at the proper moment typically TDC    see video on timing on the conventional mags

              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga1Cjymj6ms&feature=youtu.be

              Actually not TDC but before… you need time for the mixture to ignite…so spark must occur before top dead center.

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              March 11, 2026 at 10:27 am #308458
              JACQUES
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                agreed yet on oldies .02 on the high point of the cam likely allows a few deg. before tdc.   Realy on the ones I adjusted in years past using the video method .. performance   has not been impaired much .. that I could tell.

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