[AT] CAT magneto

[charliehill]

John,  He can probably seal and fix that rotor with some 2 ton epoxy or any 
of the 2 part epoxies you find in a hardware store.  Mix some up and more or 
less paint the part with it. If it builds up a bit to high it can be sanded 
back to necessary shape after it's dry.    A thin coat of JB Weld would work 
too.

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, February 15, 2009 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] CAT magneto


> Gene and Joe, thanks for your comments.
>
> A fellow brought me the cap, rotor and points yesterday out of his grader
> to see if I could help him with some new parts. I cleaned the cap up and
> installed new brushes. The rotor is a yellowish phenolic/bakelite part 
> that
> has a gazillion cracks in it. I told him to try a tad of Super glue to see
> if it would seal the cracks. The points were burnt but i polished them to
> work well enough. Looking at the points they resemble something by
> Faribanks. I've got a bunch of NOS Eismann stuff but it is all for big
> magnetos--and the funny thing is I have never worked on an Eismann. Of
> course Cat told the guy nothing was available--I'd hate to pay their price
> if it was!
>
> The fellow was going to see if he could find any writing (model #) without
> taking the mag off. If he can't I just wanted to know what possibilities
> there were before I start hunting a new rotor or if he had to pull the mag
> off.
>
> John
>
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