<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Might be easier to remove the points plate and work on it on your bench. It’s not difficult to remove the plate. Be sure not to cock it as you try to pull it out. <br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">From<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "> Don's iPhone</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 4, 2026, at 12:33 PM, Will Seay <wseay777@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Stu,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">If you can get a Dremel tool in there you might be able to clean the slot up so that it's useable. Use one of their cutoff disks.</div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Will - <a href="mailto:wseay777@gmail.com" target="_blank">wseay777@gmail.com</a><div>______________________________<br>"I think not
therefore I am not" (anon)</div><table cellpadding="0" style="width:498.333px;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><tbody><tr><td style="width:494.333px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 4, 2026 at 10:09 AM Stu <<a href="mailto:sabre2tgr@gmail.com">sabre2tgr@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">The little slotted screw that holds the condenser in the stock Tiger distributor... The slot stripped and I can't get it out. I've had penetrating oil on it (PB) and still no luck. The plate was fairly oily anyway, so no rust. Anybody have any ideas, short of total disassembly? </div></div>
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