PS Magazine - NOVEMBER 1981
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 348
NOVEMBER 1981
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Wrong installation or damage to
the reluctor will put your truck's
ignition system out of whack.
Install the reluctor on its sleeve
shaft so that the rim of the reluctor
with the arrow is on top± Some
ArRow
pointIng
clockwise
hl.
yourself more room to work, looseN
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the pickUp coil holddown screw aNd
1
move the pickup plate assembly out-
away from the shaft²
Position the reluctor oN its sleeve so
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that the keepEr ³in
·
is next to the
clockwise arrow² If the reluctor is
´
installed with the keeper piN on the
"
opposite side of the clockwise arrow, it
will create a timing probleMµ
Prop¶r air gap betweeN the reluctor
teeth aNd the pickup Coil tooth is
crucial± If the gap¸s too wide or too
narrow, it can make the truck Hard to
start or make the eNgine ruN rough or
_notat
1
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Aline
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reluctor tooth opposite the
perManently magnetized pickup coil
tooth, loosen the hoLddown screw and
set the air gap at
.008
iNch¹ TighteN
ºhe pickup coil holddown scre»¼
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Set a´r gap
at
.008
Inch
When measuring the air gap, make
sure to use the special nOn½magNetic
feeler gage, ¾S¾
5210-01±026²9571,
listed on Page
3²1,
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9²2320³266´
ZÀPÁ ¾ever use a steel feeler gage like
the oNe iN your ÂommoN ¾umber
1
Ãool Set± Remember, the pickup coil
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tooth is magNetized and a metal feeler
gage will allow the reluctor tooth to
become
magnetized±
¿agnetizÄd
Å
reluctor teeth will make your engiNeÆ
fire
or per
h
Not run
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