posted: Saturday, May 15, 2010 17:33 Subject: Contact breaker points.
My 'original' points have a thin gasket between them and the generator body. New points do not have this fitted, original gasket is old and glued to the back of the points, not retrievable.
It does keep the moisture out among other things, I recommend replacing it to keep the points dry and perhaps to keep ants from nesting there and establishing new world order