Workshop Walkthrough

Indian Chief 1940-1953 — animated diagram walkthrough

A step-by-step animated walkthrough of the Springfield-era Chief top-end — magneto flywheel dot-mark reset, the Splitdorf / Bosch points gap (0.014-0.018 in / 0.018-0.022 in), the compression-spec drop across the 1942 civilian-trim, and the year-band magneto air-gap delta (1928 base TIGHTER vs 1934+ WIDER).

Workshop Walkthrough

Watch the on-canvas build first, then run the numbered steps below at the bench. Still frames pin to the matching step in the procedure list.

If the inline player will not start, download the walkthrough (MP4).

Family reference

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