[AT] magneto question

[charlie hill]

John that thing hit me so hard I couldn't drop it.  I wanted to but I 
couldn't.  Reminds me of the first time I ever got ahold of a spark plug 
wire on a runing engine.  I was a kid and was fooling around with daddy's 
D-10.  I pulled a spark plug wire off and somehow let it slip so that the 
metal at the end was touching my hand.  Every time it fired my hand  closed 
tight on the wire.  Before I could let it go it would hit again.  I think it 
took about a half dozen hits before I got my timing right and let it go.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 8:00 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] magneto question


> You can practice playing catch like that Charlie. I did it once with a 
> brand new Wico First you get shocked then  you have to catch it if you 
> throw it in the air. After that "save" I promptly put the mag back in 
> inventory. From then on when taking inventory I just counted parts and let 
> someone else worry about "testing".
>
> John
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 7:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] magneto question
>
>
>> Hi Kyle,
>>
>> You can test it that way with no problem.  Just be careful where you put 
>> your hands.  Last time I worked on one I accidentally put hand on the lug 
>> for the kill wire.  Didn't feel to good but I was pretty sure I had the 
>> mag working.  LOL.
>>
>> Charlie
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Kyle Sands" <willys_46 at mail.com>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 12:30 AM
>> Subject: [AT] magneto question
>>
>>
>>> Hello folks - I have what may be a pretty basic magneto question.  I've 
>>> got a '38 John Deere B with a Wico C mag.  It's a project tractor that I 
>>> got running several years ago, but since then, it has been sitting 
>>> undisturbed but out in the elements - though I have kept the magneto 
>>> covered and protected.  I decided to start doing some more work on the 
>>> tractor recently and found that it does not spark anymore.
>>>
>>> To get it running back then, I had purchased a rebuilt magneto which of 
>>> course worked just fine then.  It has less than an hour's worth of 
>>> run-time on it, so is essentially still brand new.  I pulled the cap and 
>>> everything looks clean as a whistle, no burn marks, no pitting, no 
>>> corrosion, nothing that would indicate an obvious problem.  I'm 
>>> wondering what sorts of issues can arise from non-use that would cause a 
>>> brand new mag to quit working?  (I do know the problem has to be in the 
>>> mag and not in the plug wires or plugs because I swapped out those items 
>>> from my running Model AW and didn't get any spark either.)
>>>
>>> Also, to test the mag when it is not installed on the tractor, is it ok 
>>> to just ground a wire to the mag body and flip the impulse over by hand? 
>>> Or is that not going to work or is it inadvisable?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Kyle Sands <><Alexandria, MN
>>>
>>>
>
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