[AJD] B timing solved

[Dave Mayfield]

Seems to me that if they coil were shorted, for the most part you would not
get any spark. But at the same time, it seems to me that it would depend at
what point in the winding the short is. One side of the coil winding is
shorted to ground, this is normal. So if you had a short close to the ground
end of the coil it would still spark, but the spark should not be as hot.
The closer the short to the plug end of the coil the less fire. Seems to me!

Jim,

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> I think Ive got it just about as close to in time as humanly possible
> after 6 tries I got the slot flat, for some reason It didn't want to mesh
> the first 5 tries, and it still pops a little bit,but won't start.  I tore
> into my magneto and tested everything which in the past had been ok, and
> my coil seems to be shorted out. is it still possible to get a bit of a
> spark with a bad coil? has anybody every tried to rebuild their own coil?
> tips? Im low on funds right now and need to just get it going to move it
> so I don't kill myself pushing it( the day it stopped running I had it
> parked smack in the middle of my drive blocking my garage where my truck
> is parked... which normally Id use to pull it to where it needed to
> be)love how luck works huh?
>
> Nick
>
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