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Disassembly & Reassembly

  1. Remove distributor cap and rotor. Disconnect primary wires from leading and trailing contact points. Disconnect condenser leads.
  2. Remove rubber block with primary wires from housing. Remove clips holding vacuum links to breaker plates. Remove vacuum advance/retard units.
  3. Remove bearing stopper set screws and lift out breaker base plate and bearing assembly. Remove cam attaching screw and lift cam off of shaft.
  4. Drive lock pin out of driven gear. Remove gear and washers. Remove shaft through top of housing. Remove governor weight springs and weights. Reassemble distributor in reverse order of disassembly.
Fig 1: Exploded View of Mitsubishi Dual Breaker Point Distributor
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