[AT] More Magneto Woes

charliehill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Wed Jan 20 15:27:05 PST 2010


Good advice Paul.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Waugh" <pwaugh at embarqmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] More Magneto Woes


>I don't know about mag's, but I learned a long time ago on cars, if 
>changing
> point, you change condenser .... just cheap insurance and a lot less
> frustration.  I apply this theory to anything with points.
>
> Paul-46555
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ben Wagner" <ben at olde-books.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 6:01 PM
> Subject: [AT] More Magneto Woes
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> I replaced the coil and coil cover on the IH H4 Magneto on my Farmall
>> Super
>> A.  I finally got it together, and tested it.  I hooked a spark plug up,
>> with the tip of the plug next to my vise, and spun the mag.  I got a
>> decent
>> blue spark, so I know the rascal worked then.
>>
>>
>>
>> I was about to reinstall the mag, and I decided to test it once more.  I
>> have not seen a blue spark, and I am repeating the same procedure that I
>> did
>> before.  I wondered if the spark plug was bad, so I pulled another plug
>> and
>> tried it.  No spark, no nothing.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is the condenser bad?  I did not replace it; maybe I should have done 
>> that
>> as it is.  I sure hope I did not destroy my new coil!
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ben Wagner
>>
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