[AT] Magneto Question...again!

[Rupert]

Hello Ben,
	The distributor cap is almost certainly carbon tracked if there are any 
signs of burning. That carbon track will ground out the spark very 
effectively. Only solution is to change out the cap. I suggest to change 
out the rotor as well in this case.

Rupert

On 3/29/2010 7:20 AM, Ben Wagner wrote:
> Mike Sloane wrote:
>> Plastic? Melted? Distributor caps are (almost always) made of Bakelite -
>> it is almost impossible to melt Bakelite without using an oxy-acetylene
>> torch. (and even then, it would more likely just crumble.) I am
>> wondering where you might have gotten a "plastic" distributor cap. There
>> is no high temperature to speak of generated in a distributor, or there
>> isn't normally.
>>
>> Mike
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> Mike, I didn't purchase the cap.  It could be Bakelite, or it could be
> plastic.  This is a magneto, though.   I still don't know what could
> cause me not to get a spark from the spark plug wires, even though the
> coil wire is giving a great spark!
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