[AT] Mags

[Gene Dotson]

    Farmer;
    I bought the new coil for my FM-J4 mag at Portland this summer. Guy had 
a box full at $25.00 each. Tractor is running great now. I have two original 
coils that I will gladly give you.

           Gene



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Francis Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
To: "At" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:46 PM
Subject: [AT] Mags


> I have a mag sitting on the shelf in the shop that I believe my father
> saved off of a McCormick 10-20 back in the mid 1940's. I seem to recall
> writing down the info off of it some time ago but can't remember it right
> now and if I were to try to walk to the shop I would probably drown. Rain,
> rain, rain... This Mag has a full sheet metal brass case. It would surely
> buff up very nice. I do remember that he prized it rather highly back 
> then.
> Maybe I can paddle out to the shop tomorrow and look for the name.
> The Farmall mag on my 1947 CUB has certainly been trouble free for a very
> long time. Of course now that I bragged on it the silly thing probably 
> just
> fell off of the tractor onto the ground and broke into pieces.   ;-)
> The original distributor on "Spooky Old Allis" (my 1946 C) is a
> Fairbanks/Morse and looks just like a mag. I still have it but the C is
> running on a WD distributor now. Some day I would like to replace the
> internal coil in the original and put it back on. Back when it quit those
> coils were impossible to find but they can be bought again now. Actually I
> believe someone here pointed me to the replacements.
>
>
>
> --
> "farmer"  -  ***** H A P P Y   H O L I D A Y S *****
>
> If you cut a tree plant at least two to replace it...
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
> robinson at svs.net
>
>
> --
> No virus found in this outgoing message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.26/594 - Release Date: 
> 12/20/2006
> 3:54 PM
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> AT mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at