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Rootes Manual WSM.143/144
Section B (Engine)
1st Re-issue
Page 69


should jump the gap regularly.

    3. If the spark intensity of all wires is satisfactory, the coil, condenser, rotor, distributor cap, and the secondary wires are probably satisfactory.

If the spark is good at only some wires, perform a high resistance test of the faulty leads.
If the spark is equal at all wires, but weak or intermittent make a high resistance check of the coil, distributor cap, and the coil to distributor high tension wire.



SPARKING PLUGS
H.T.lead removal
Remove the wire from each spark plug by grasping the moulded cap of the wire only (shown In Fig. 100). Do not pull on the wire because the wire connection inside the cap may become separated or the weather seal may be damaged.
To remove
Clean the area around each spark plug port with com-pressed air, then remove the spark plugs. The left-bank rear spark plug is reached through a hole in the body floor after removing a rubber plug.

Details of a suitable spanner that will reach numbers I to 4 sparking plugs without removing the generator, and 5, 6, 7 and 8 plugs is shown In Figs. 100 and 101. Its flexible shaft ends are soldered into the spanner and the in. AF hexagon bar end. The SOFT rubber bush, inside the

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