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Car is running a bit rough. Replaced my old (extremely worn out) New Day with this brown Bakelite New Day that Dave Hiltz gave me in 2020. Don’t remember how much wear it had when I put it on, but this is what it looks like now. Is this an acceptable level of wear? I might try polish it up a bit with some emery cloth

Absolutely that new day is OK. Clean it up a bit with Emory cloth and you should be OK. It’s not that worn to me. Others will have their opinion.

With the engine running, take a screwdriver with a good insulated handle and short out each plug at the top terminal. If the engine speed decreases and you see Sparks at the plug the plug is good. If there's no change in engine speed when the plug is shorted, you have a defective spark plug causing your problem.

Have you checked the coils?
Norm

Coils and plugs are next on my list… just wanted to make sure it wasn’t the timer

The timer isn't terrible, but it is starting to develop divots adjacent to the contacts. I would remove, or at least reduce, those.

Steve Jeff, what did you use to cut the wood backing plate to the perfect diameter?

*Jelf, sorry!

JohnSaylor wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 12, 2022 8:45 am

Steve Jeff, what did you use to cut the wood backing plate to the perfect diameter?

If it's ok, I'll chime in here...but a good hole saw the proper size is all you need

I don’t know exactly what Steve J. used to cut the round plywood piece for the new day timer sand paper backing but if you measure the ID of the timer you can use a hole saw to cut a perfectly round piece out of a 3/4” piece of plywood.

You can get one at a hardware store for around $4-8.00. And you have a perfectly centered hole in it too.

...what did you use to cut the wood backing plate to the perfect diameter?

As the other guys said, a hole saw.

Hole saw … didn’t have the right size myself but I’ll go to the store and grab one