[AJD] Wico C Magneto troubles

[Chris C]

Dean,

    I think it is weird too.  When I test mags in my
stand I run both wires to one plug, so I am not sure
which port it is coming from.  I'll have to hook
another plug in and see. But when I turn it,  I get
one spark out of it,  then no more no matter how many
turns I give it.   If I stop turning it,  and let is
sit for a few seconds,  turn it again, it will give me
one spark again...  

       Chris

        
--- Dean VP <deanvp at att.net> wrote:

> Chris:
> 
> I'm not sure I understand when you state you only
> get a spark on the first
> turn!  You obviously know how to test a magneto off
> the tractor so I don't
> think it is necessary to go through that procedure. 
> 
> You must be getting the impulse or you wouldn't be
> getting any spark at all.
> You will get alternate sparks out of the two
> ignition wire ports. I'm not
> sure where to head with this. Maybe changing the
> main bakelite case will
> offer some solutions.  Seems to me if it gives one
> good spark it should
> continue to do so. I wouldn't expect the condenser
> to go bad just because
> the magneto had been dropped. Seems to me it would
> take a heck of a force to
> bend the shaft. Maybe the points got knocked out of
> adjustment and close
> after one lobe but not following the other? Check
> the point opening (0.015)
> and closure (0 ohms) through a full 360 degree
> rotation. Maybe a broken
> piece of the cap did some damage to the condenser,
> condenser wire or points
> or associated coil wiring??? A bit weird. 
> 
> Dean A. Van Peursem
> Snohomish, WA 98290
> 
> I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost
> the key to the
> storeroom door 
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>
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> On Behalf Of
> Chris C
> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 7:52 PM
> To: ATIS LIST
> Subject: [AJD] Wico C Magneto troubles
> 
> I have more magneto problems that the rest of the
> world,  it seems.
> 
>     I bought a nice Wico C off of Ebay last month. 
> It
> arrived,  I tested it in the garage and it had great
> spark, just as it was said to.  Then I dropped it
> *&$#$&#*!
> 
>     This destroyed the cap,  and chipped the main
> bakolite housing.  I installed a new cap,  it would
> not turn,  so I took it apart and fished all the
> plastic pieces out of the rotor,  and now it turns, 
> but only gives my spark every first turn.
> 
>      Condesor issue?  Or did I knock something out
> of
> wack?  I just got in a new case for it,  and have
> another condensor and a few coils,  but I am not
> sure
> where to start..
> 
>                 Chris
> 
> 
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