[AT] Make repairs or payments

Ron Cook ron at lakeport-1.com
Tue Jan 30 10:50:17 PST 2018


That's what I did, Cecil.

Ron Cook, Salix, IA


On 1/30/2018 12:08 PM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
Many years ago my Dad had a friend with an old  D4 Cat that needed the
magneto rebuilt.    I could not find a set of points for it, So I
unsoldered the tungsten off of a set of Chevrolet points I think, and
soldered it onto the old point arm and base. I think I used silver solder.

Cecil in OKla


On 1/30/2018 11:08 AM, Ron Cook wrote:
True enough, Gene.  However my burnishing tool is called a platinum 
file.:-)

Necessary tool when working on my old magnetos. I am sure those are
still platinum contacts.  Radials are not very new and I am not out of
WWII surplus yet.

I actually had to make a point set for the distributor on one of my
Wisconsin engines I use when I could no longer buy a replacement set.
Really was not that hard to do but was time consuming.  It is currently
in line for the solid state change as soon as I have time.  I had to buy
a new distributor as a solid state version was offered back in the late
seventies when this engine was new and that distributor is still
available.  Just expensive.  It is currently powering my log splitter.

Ron Cook, Salix, IA





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