Carbon build up inside the points cover

[Whit]

Anyone have any idea how a thick glob of carbon gets inside the points cover. Trying to attach the URL for the picture but not sure it is going to work. //Pat

http://www5.snapfish.com/snapfish/thumb ... =snapfish/

[Whit]

Trying the picture one more time.
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[Coyote]

I am 99% certain that the covers were originally made with an insulator. That's what's left of it. Not hard like carbon --- more of a gooey texture?

[GT750Battleship]

Hi,it's the same stuff they use in car bodies,a sound deadner,I was wondering whether I still need it ? as the points have gone...so no more noise with the electronic ignition now fitted

[tz375]

Coyote is right on the money. They come with a circle of sound deadener which is attached with a thick bitumastic glue and over time the insulator cracks up and falls of or turns to goo. It has not real purpose

[Fritz500]

It's either the remains of a dead rat or the bitumen like insulation that I recall mine had...


Geoff